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  • The First Boys of Spring (2016)
  • 57 min | Documentary
The First Boys of Spring (2016)
57 min | Documentary

For parts of five decades, the immortals of America's National Pastime trained on baseball diamonds and "boiled out the alcoholic microbes" of winter in the thermal baths of Hot Springs, Arkansas. In 1886, The Chicago White Stockings were ...See moreFor parts of five decades, the immortals of America's National Pastime trained on baseball diamonds and "boiled out the alcoholic microbes" of winter in the thermal baths of Hot Springs, Arkansas. In 1886, The Chicago White Stockings were the first to trek south to Hot Springs, when the team's owner and manager decided the boys needed a place to practice and get ready for the season ahead. Other teams soon followed, including the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburg Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers and many others. Hot Springs was "wide open" in those days, frequented by famous and infamous characters. And so came the greatest of the great, to play ball, for a month or so in late winter and early spring, including more than a third of all players enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York. Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, Cy Young, Honus Wagner-the best who ever played the game-all worked out here. And so did the legends of the Negro Leagues. The likes of Satchel Page and Josh Gibson also came to train in this southern resort town, staying in different hotels, but working just as hard to get ready for their seasons when baseball was segregated. See less
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Aug 19, 2016 (United States)

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Charles Alexander
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Marty Appel
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D.J. Baxendale
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Trey Berry
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Mark Blauer
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Jim Borden
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Derek Cash
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Phil Dixon
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Ray Doswell
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Mike Dugan
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Don Duren
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Sean Fitzgibbons
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James Greeson
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Jonathon Hamner
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Maddie Herrod
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Amber Louise Hood
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Bill Jenkinson
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Jacob Johnson
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Sean Kelley
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McKinzie Lambert
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Leigh Montville
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Rex Nelson
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Hoyt Purvis
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Tim Reid
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Wendy Richter
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Liz Robbins
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Matt Stelte
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Billy Bob Thornton
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Jeannie Wayne
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Patrick Williams
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Gerald C. Wood
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