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# From Chicago to Coal Country, Joe Maddon Looks for a Win
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/movies/american-creed-ikwuqf-2/extras/chicago-coal-country-joe-maddon-looks-win-yuqrem-2/
- Published: 2025-09-23T07:05:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-27T17:01:19.000Z
- Description: Joe Maddon won a World Series; what would a win look like for his struggling hometown?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: american-creed-ikwuqf-2, #ZZZ_Show_e0dc2d87-c1d5-4185-923d-6463c570e7a5, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_1b7d10e0-dbc9-4ae1-a45f-f88373738478, #movie-extra

Baseball’s Joe Maddon founded the Hazleton Integration Project after a controversial immigration ordinance tore a chasm through the ethnic and political fault lines of his coal-producing hometown. “You want to make kids friends fast? Put them on the same team, with the same common goal, and I promise you, color of skin, language barriers, what you like to eat – that goes away just like that.”