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Death Row All Stars Second Baseman, Frank Fitzsgerald
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. May 12, 1915 — In the opening game of the San Quentin prison baseball season one of the best men on the team playing second base became incensed over what he considered poor judgment of the umpire. “Ah’ll knock your head off when I get outa here,” he yelled. “You’ll have to go some to catch me,” grimly answered the umpire. “I’ll beat you through the gate by three and a half.”
To learn more about prisoners who played baseball read The Death Row All Stars: A Story of Baseball Corruption and Murder.
