You couldn’t make this up—a baseball team made up of convicted felons competing to reduce their sentences. The Wyoming State Penitentiary All Stars had a 12-man roster that included three rapists, a forger, five thieves, and three killers. They played their first game in the summer of 1912. Winning meant time off their sentences, individual errors that led to a loss meant a death sentence…
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