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Before football dominated Sundays, Americans flocked to racetracks where a two-dollar bet made you part of the action. These weren't just sporting venues—they were democratic gathering places where millionaires and factory workers shared the same excitement and the same dreams of hitting it big.
In the 1960s, doctors warned that jogging could kill you and women were banned from marathons entirely. Today, over 2 million Americans cross finish lines annually, paying hundreds of dollars for the privilege.
A century ago, professional baseball players drank during road trips, smoked in the dugout, and trained by doing almost nothing at all. The modern MLB athlete lives in a different universe — and the story of how we got from one to the other says something profound about how far our understanding of the human body has come.