Bathers Baseball
Are you living on a solid rock or sinking sand?
A Successful Man is One Who Can Lay a Firm Foundation
Are you living on a solid rock or sinking sand?
2011-08-19
Longwood, FL- The new Xulon Press book Bathers Baseball ($27.99 paperback ISBN 9781613795422) sets the foundation of minor league baseball during a time when professional baseball was void. This book describes first reported ventures in minor league baseball in the South. The group played organized baseball intermittently from 1887 through 1909. The Bather Baseball players were a group of young men who aspired to play major league baseball. This book depicts their highs and lows as a team.
The minor league teams in Hot Springs included many major league players such as "Hippo" Vaughn, Johnny Sain, Manager Paul "Daffy" Dean and Coach Earl "Oil" Smith. Many noteworthy players such as Mike Ilitch played for the Hot Spring Bathers. In 1953, the league banned the Tugerson brothers, who were African-Americans, from playing for the Bathers. In 1954, the Bathers became the first team in the league to sign an African-American baseball player.
Don Duren is a Baseball historian and author of "Boiling Out at the springs. He grew up in Hot Springs and, as a youngster, attended many Bathers Baseball games. He is a member of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR), Garland County Historical Society and the Melting Pot (historical society in Hot Springs). Don is a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University. He served in the United States Air Force and is a retired Minister of Activities at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas.
Xulon Press, a division of Salem Communications, is the world’s largest Christian publisher, with more than 8,000 titles published to date. Retailers may order Bathers Baseball through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. The book is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and in e-book formats.