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[Dwayne From Minden]

And Babe Ruth had to be sent to Hot Springs for a couple of straight springs to get "dried out" from the off-season women and wine. Which, FWIW, is when spring training starting being held in the South, beginning with Hot Springs.

And Shreveport LA...

[Dawgpix]

And Shreveport LA...

A few Spa City facts:
• Did you know that during the late 1800’s and 1900’s Hot Springs was the off season capital of Major League Baseball? The Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Nationals, Chicago White Stockings, and the Boston Red Sox all held spring training in Hot Springs.

• Did you know that Babe Ruth first visited Hot Springs as a young pitcher with the Boston Red Sox but returned often to take the baths and play golf? On one such trip he purchased a small alligator at the Alligator Farm to take back to Boston as a Hot Springs souvenir!

• Did you know that Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana spent his honeymoon in Hot Springs on November 22, 1934?


For more facts:
http://www.hotsprings.org/media_room...spx?news_id=55