Mining Diamonds Along the Border

Mary Darling
  • 4.8 (5)
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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.

Episodes

  1. 03/27/2021

    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

  2. 03/27/2021

    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

  3. 03/27/2021

    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

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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.

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