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Feb 14, 2020

TIL in 1911 there was a baseball team made up of death row inmates who had been told that as long as they kept wining games, their executions would be delayed.

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Dec 13, 2019

TIL about a baseball team that literally played for their lives. An integrated team of death-row inmates was assembled, called The Penitentiary All Stars, played against other local teams in Wyoming, and earned the prison officials money from gambling. Winning earned the team stays of execution.

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Apr 22, 2019

TIL in 1900s there was a death row inmates baseball team and their executions were dependent on their performance.

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