1. Home
 / Modified jul 12, 2023 3:22 p.m.

I enjoyed every minute of it, from the day I started: Wrapping up Season 1 of More Than a Game

It's our last episode of season one and the final part in our series examining baseball in the borderlands.

Emporia State baseball The baseball field at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kans. The university's baseball program has a decades-long tie to Tucson. Its 1978 NAIA championship team featured six Tucsonans.
Emporia State University Athletics

Welcome to More Than a Game, an all-new podcast where we explore the untold stories of Arizona sports. Hosted by veteran sports reporter and NPR 89.1 announcer, Tony Perkins, More Than a Game features a series of the best sports stories you've never heard.

More than a Game

More Than a Game: Episode 8

NPR
(Download MP3)

Episode 8

In this week's episode, Katya Mendoza completes our series examining the connection between Latino culture and baseball by heading northward to Tucson. We hear from a local player who found himself at the heart of a baseball connection that leads to a small town in Kansas, and it's one that he is now working to keep alive today.

MORE: Arizona, More than a Game Season 1, Sports and Recreation
By posting comments, you agree to our
AZPM encourages comments, but comments that contain profanity, unrelated information, threats, libel, defamatory statements, obscenities, pornography or that violate the law are not allowed. Comments that promote commercial products or services are not allowed. Comments in violation of this policy will be removed. Continued posting of comments that violate this policy will result in the commenter being banned from the site.

By submitting your comments, you hereby give AZPM the right to post your comments and potentially use them in any other form of media operated by this institution.
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona