8. The Weird Team of Murderers
Unsurprisingly, there is exceptionally tight security surrounding death row, and there are severe restrictions and isolation measures imposed upon its deadly inmates. However, things were not always so. Weird as might seem today, there was a time when death row inmates were gathered together into a baseball team that played against outsiders. The team of condemned killers was actually pretty good.
The weird event took place in Wyoming in 1911, with the All-Stars team of the Wyoming State Penitentiary. It was composed of convicted criminals, including death row inmates. Indeed, the team’s star player was awaiting execution. The death row players had their executions stayed so long as they played and kept winning. Needless to say, that gave the players a powerful incentive to play their hearts out: motivation was one thing that the All-Stars did not lack.
