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The article discusses the history of professional and semi-professional baseball in Lower Rio Grande Valley region of Texas from the 1920s to the 1970s. Teams considered include the Brownsville Tigers, San Benito Nine, and the Mission 30-30s. Topics explored include the social and community building aspects of baseball, racial interactions through baseball, and Mexican and Mexican-American baseball players.

The article offers information on Alberto Rodriguez, editor of the periodical. Topics discussed include his role as an assistant professor of history at Texas A&M University in Kingsville, Texas; his project works on multi ethnic analysis and on Mexican immigrants; and his views on the transformation of cities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley from rural communities into commercial centers.