Happy Anniversary to "The Longest Game"

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It was 29 years ago today that the longest game in professional baseball history began. The Rochester Red Wings and Pawtucket Red Sox would start a game that would go 33 innings. Below is a link to a page I built to celebrate the game:

"The Longest Game" at RITM

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Here are full tickets to the start and completion of the game:

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And for even more information here is a link to a gallery with selected newspaper articles that covered the game:

Newspaper Gallery

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Nice tickets!

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<< <i>Nice tickets! >>



Thanks! I posted a thread on here once upon a time about them. They belonged to this guy who went to the games and had the extra full tickets. He passed them on to his grandson.