Talk:Longest professional baseball game

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I attended this game, April 18, 1981 between the Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings. I was 12 years old. I grew up in E Providence, RI, the next town over from Pawtucket. My uncle Tony was a big Pawsox fan, and took us to this event. By 11:00, the game had gone more than 20 innings, and my uncle realized this was an historic outing. No way he would leave. By 1 am, though, my brother and I had completely fallen apart, and had no desire to stick around for the end of this seemingly interminable game. It was finally postponed at 4am, to be finished at a later date. The ordeal put me off the whole sport of baseball for years.

[edit] Line score

I have changed the line score of this game from the previous four-tiered line score to a simpler one-liner. If anyone has any objections, please raise them here or on my talk page. ςפקιДИτς ☺ ☻

[edit] Really the longest?

This may be the longest as measured by innings played, but how about time elapsed? JDG 14:51, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

I believe it's both. The longest Major League game is 8:06, a 25-inning affair between the Cubs and Brewers in 1984. Between the two days combined, this one was listed at 8:25. -- dakern74 (talk) 15:15, 20 September 2006 (UTC)