The White Sox just won a contest that lasted over 4 hours ( 4hrs 47m ? ) , the longest match at that level. What was the next longest? (You people have a long way to go. A top cricket match is scheduled for five whole days, at six hours continuous play per day. ) +++++++++++++++++++++ 10-26-05, 04:35 PM aminator2002 Where did you get that time? I was watching the game from 7:30 pm till 1:30 am... that seems to be 6 hours to me.
Longest Postseason Games by Inning: 18 Houston 7, Atlanta 6, NLDS, Oct. 9, 2005 16 New York 7, Houston 6, NLCS, Oct. 15, 1986 15 New York 4, Atlanta 3, NLCS, Oct. 17, 1999 15 New York 7, Seattle 5, ALDS, Oct. 4, 1995 14 White Sox 7, Houston 5, WS, Oct. 25, 2005 14 Boston 5, New York 4, ALCS, Oct. 18, 2004 14 Red Sox 2, Brooklyn 1, WS, 1916 13 New York 3, San Fran. 2, NLDS, Oct. 7, 2000 13 Cleveland 5, Boston 4, ALDS, Oct. 3, 1995
This doesn't quite answer your question, as it fails to give the times of duration. The same story clocks yesterday's game at 5 hours 41 minutes.
From Guiness World Records: Longest Baseball Game: The Chicago White Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers played a game lasting 8 hours and 6 minutes on May 9, 1984. The Chicago White Sox eventually won 7-6 in the 25th inning.
Also from Guiness: Most Major League baseball Innings: The most innings in a major league game was 26, when the Brooklyn Dodgers (NL) and the Boston Braves (NL) played to a 1-1 tie on May 1, 1920.
As a lifelong Cubs fan, I say, "Go White Sox! And take the Bears with you!"
10-26-05, 04:44 PM Jelp01 For the World Series: The previous longest game was 4:51 when the Yankees beat the Mets in 12 innings in Game 1 in 2000.
10-27-05, 01:26 AM FredPuli
quote: Originally posted by aminator2002: Where did you get that time? I was watching the game from 7:30 pm till 1:30 am... that seems to be 6 hours to me.
I'm very tired by the way Smile
From memory! I was posting from recall of the story on the BBC. I was close : '47' for '41' minutes and only 1 out on the hours Big Grin The authorities governing cricket once made the mistake of declaring that the last match of a series, South Africa v. England in 1939, which was currently level, should play out to a result without time limits being imposed. After ten days' play at 6 hours a day the game was declared a draw (tie) because the England team would miss their ship home otherwise. (The way they were going they'd have missed the start of WW2, only a few months away)The experiment has not been repeated.
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