Mining Diamonds Along the Border

Mary Darling

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Four of the eight banned Chicago White Sox baseball players, commonly known as "Black Sox", were harbored by a small border area bush league during the 1920s. This three episode mini series podcast is about the area and league that welcomed them.

27/03/2021

EPISODE 1 - Mining Diamonds Along The Border

Episode one: Development of the U.S. Mexico border brought colonization, with colonization came soldiers, with soldiers came baseball with baseball came community.

51 min
27/03/2021

EPISODE 2 - Mining Diamonds Along The Border

Episode two: As mining dominated border economics, the healing qualities of the high desert also had an impact. Harboring baseball players banned from the major leagues for their involvement in gambling scandals was a perfect fit for the border area business model where vice was always just steps away.

51 min
27/03/2021

EPISODE 3 - Mining Diamonds Along The Border

Episode three: As more outlawed players joined the league, egos and temperaments impacted its sustainability. A dominant player’s career ending injury initiated a set of circumstances which lead to the league’s demise.

1h 9m

3 Episodes

Four of the eight banned Chicago White Sox baseball players, commonly known as "Black Sox", were harbored by a small border area bush league during the 1920s. This three episode mini series podcast is about the area and league that welcomed them.

Creator

Mary Darling
Years Active

2K
Episodes

3
Rating

Clean
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Mining Diamonds Along the Border

Mining Diamonds Along the Border

Episodes

EPISODE 1 - Mining Diamonds Along The Border

EPISODE 2 - Mining Diamonds Along The Border

EPISODE 3 - Mining Diamonds Along The Border

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