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A Story of Baseball, Corruption, and Murder.
Prison ball club waiting for the game to begin.
“It is ironic that the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins opened for business in 1901, the same year as the American League, but that is where comparisons end between these “outlaw leagues.” The prison ballplayers knew real pressure, facing death if their defeat cost their jailers money in lucrative bets on the prisoners. Authors Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian do a wonderful job of recreating the era and the prison system that put these Death Row All-Stars on the playing field as black hats facing local nines throughout the wild west.” Matthew Silverman, Author – Swinging ‘73: Baseball’s Wildest Season & Baseball Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Baseball
To learn more about baseball played behind bars read the Death Row All Stars: A Story of Baseball, Corruption, and Murder available everywhere on September 2, 2014.
