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Small California town churns out baseball prospects, with help from across the border

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

In Southern California, a stone’s throw from the Mexican border, there’s a little town called Brawley — a hotbed, believe it or not, of major league pitching talent. But the secret to the town’s success lies some 22 miles to the south, in a Mexican city called Mexicali.

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