Mining Diamonds Along the Border

About Mining Diamonds Along the Border

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.

Publisher

Mary Darling

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Mar 2021

Latest episode

27 Mar 2021

Latest episodes

3 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Mar 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.

2. 

   27 Mar 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.

3. 

   27 Mar 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.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

5 ratings