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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.

for curiousity's sake, did you end up getting the life-time passes to the stadium? Cieltsd 01:57, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Records Set in the Game

Unless I am missing something, some of the records listed in this section seem contradictory. The article states that 33 innings were played, yet the records section says 174. The playtime is listed as a seemingly erroneous "3 Days 12 Hours 52 Minutes 7 Seconds." Are these reconcilable in some way I missed, or are they just vandalism? 152.7.15.87 (talk) 00:16, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[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)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:25, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Free Lifetime Passes

Seems like an unlikely thing for an organization to do. I've added a source, but it's secondhand. Anyone have a good source on this? CitiCat ♫ 14:50, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I added this nugget based on a 20th-anniversary story that Pawtucket had in their game program during the 2001 season. In addition to the lifetime passes, they also mention giving away free hot dogs and soda as the night went on. Unfortunately, since Wikipedia doesn't realize there are media other than the Internet, there's no good way to cite this because you can't link to it. It wasn't mentioned in the 25th-anniversary version in 2006, but that was more about the resumption and the media circus that surrounded the 33rd inning, instead of the original Saturday night. If you have any ideas for how to better verify this, I'd appreciate it. -- dakern74 (talk) 02:59, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
That is not true. You can cite the program, just give details about its year, month, etc., and which page(s) the statement appears on. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 04:20, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Most innings: 174th?????

I thought it was 33 innings?? Is this vandalism? ~ GoldenGoose100 (talk) 19:58, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Is the Pope Catholic? I reverted it. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 20:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


I have a question. At one point the article says the game was suspended after the 29th inning, but then it says when it resumed they only needed one more inning to finish the game. But the game lasted 33 innings? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.17.192 (talk) 17:55, 31 May 2008 (UTC)