Midnight Sun Game
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The Midnight Sun Game is a baseball game played every summer solstice at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Because the sun is out for almost 24 hours a day, the game starts at about 10:30 at night and completes around 1:30 the next morning. Famous players who have appeared in the game include Tom Seaver, Dave Winfield, Terry Francona, Harold Reynolds, and Jason Giambi.
The first game was in 1906. Artificial light has never been used. The sun does dip below the horizon for about an hour. Since 1960, the game has been hosted by the Alaska Baseball League's Fairbanks-based Alaska Goldpanners.
Starting the game in 2008 will be Boston Red Sox hall of famer "Spaceman" Bill Lee. He last pitched in the game in 1967, and is seeking to avenge a loss to the Japanese national champions that year.
[edit] Past game scores
- 1960: Goldpanners 11, Fairbanks Pioneers 0
- 1961: Goldpanners 10, North of the Range Military All-Stars 4
- 1962: Goldpanners 8, North of the Range Military All-Stars 3
- 1963: Wichita, Kansas Dreamliners 3, Goldpanners 1
- 1964: Grand Junction, Colorado, 10, Goldpanners 5
- 1965: Goldpanners 4, USC Trojans 3
- 1966: Goldpanners 8, Oregon State Beavers 3
- 1967: Kumagi Gumi (Japan) 10, Goldpanners 3
- 1968: Goldpanners 7, Santa Clara Broncos 0
- 1969: Boulder, Colorado Collegians 5, Goldpanners 2
- 1970: Arizona Wildcats 4, Goldpanners 3
- 1971: Goldpanners 12, Stanford Indians 3
- 1972: Ponchatoula, Louisiana Athletics 5, Goldpanners 4
- 1973: Brigham Young Cougars 8, Goldpanners 5
- 1974: Goldpanners 7, Washington State Cougars 6
- 1975: Goldpanners 4, Vanderbilt Commodores 3
- 1976: Goldpanners 6, Westwood, California Bruins 4
- 1977: Goldpanners 12, Red Deer M&K Generals (Alberta, Canada) 11
- 1978: Wichita El Dorado Coors 10, Goldpanners 1
- 1979: Goldpanners 8, North Carolina Tar Heels 2
- 1980: Goldpanners 16, Wisconsin Badgers 5
- 1981: Goldpanners 11, Intermountain Badgers (Ephraim, Utah) 4
- 1982: Goldpanners 9, San Francisco Senators 3
- 1983: Goldpanners 7, Anchorage Bucs 2
- 1984: Goldpanners 9, Taiwan Olympic Team 0 (Forfeit)
- 1985: Moraga, California Marauders 12, Goldpanners 11 (11 innings)
- 1986: Goldpanners 8, San Francisco Senators 1
- 1987: Mat-Su Miners 2, Goldpanners 1
- 1988: Goldpanners 6, Hawaii Island Movers 5
- 1989: Goldpanners 7, San Diego Sea World Killer Whales 3
- 1990: Goldpanners 12, San Bernardino, California Tribe 3
- 1991: Goldpanners 9, South Lake Tahoe, California Stars 8
- 1992: Victor Valley, California, Mets 2, Goldpanners 1
- 1993: Goldpanners 10, South Lake Tahoe Stars 4
- 1994: Goldpanners 15, San Diego Stars 6
- 1995: Goldpanners 10, San Francisco Seals 4
- 1996: Goldpanners 5, Anchorage Bucs 3
- 1997: Goldpanners 12, Kelowna, British Columbia, Grizzlies 0
- 1998: Goldpanners 14, Kelowna Grizzlies 7
- 1999: Goldpanners 7, Oceanside, California Waves 1
- 2000: Goldpanners 3, Santa Barbara, California Foresters 2
- 2001: Goldpanners 2, Oceanside Waves 1
- 2002: Goldpanners 2, California Dons 1
- 2003: Goldpanners 3, California Dons 1
- 2004: Goldpanners 9, Kenai Peninsula Oilers 1
- 2005: Goldpanners 3, Omaha, Nebraska, Strike Zone 1
- 2006: Goldpanners 2, Beatrice, Nebraska Bruins 1
- 2007: Oceanside Waves 5, Goldpanners 1
- 2008: California Running Birds, Goldpanners
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