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The health benefits of “taking the baths” were a primary reason for baseball coming to Hot Springs. Players tended to drink heavily and believed the hot bath regimen could “boil out” the impurities in their system. The Buckstaff, still in use as a bath-house, was built in 1912 and hosted many prominent players. The 1915 Fordyce Bathhouse is now the National Park Visitor Center, and its tours include the gym where many players trained.
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