The Longest Game

Radio Diaries

Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In the spring of 1981, the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings met for a minor league baseball game of little importance. But over the course of 33 innings — 8 hours and 25 minutes — the game made history. It was the longest professional baseball game ever played. This story was produced in collaboration with ESPN's 30 for 30.

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0:00.0	Radio Topia.
0:02.0	From PRX.
0:05.0	From PRX is Radiotopia.
0:07.0	This is Radio Diaries.
0:08.0	I'm Joe Richman.
0:10.0	Holy cow, what a ball game.
0:13.0	We have here tonight in Pawtucket.
0:15.0	Three o'clock in the morning and the freezing cold and he's still playing baseball in the month of April.
0:20.0	And you're wondering what the hell are we doing here?
0:22.7	We have a chance here tonight in Little Old Pawtucket, Rhode Island,
0:26.6	to get in the history books.
0:28.3	It was just the battle.
0:29.4	It was just the battle for the last run.
0:31.7	This is unbelievable.
0:33.7	Here we go.
0:36.3	Today on the show, the longest game.
0:39.7	It's a story we've produced in collaboration with ESPN's 30 for 30 podcast.
0:44.8	Here's Radio Irish producer Nelly Gillis.
0:47.9	Baseball is sometimes called the timeless game.
0:51.1	Unlike football or soccer, there's no clock.
0:53.9	The teams keep playing until there's a winner.
0:56.4	So theoretically, the game could go on forever. And four decades ago, one game came close.
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