The New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs played an 18-inning epic at Wrigley Field on May 7 that lasted six hours and five minutes. Five nights later the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants grinded through 17 innings in five hours, 28 minutes.
Child’s play. Go at it for 72 hours and then get back to us.
Yes, 72 hours. That’s the length of the baseball marathon planned for Memorial Day weekend in St. Louis.
A group of 58 amateur baseball players will attempt to play a 72-hour game — that’s three solid days — to set a new Guinness World Record for the longest marathon baseball game ever played.