For the Record
July 31, 2006
Played
Last Thursday by the Brooklyn Cyclones and the Oneonta Tigers, a 26-inning game
that is the longest in the history of the New York--Penn League and one of the
longest ever in pro baseball. (The longest game was a 33-inning Triple A game
in 1981; the longest major league game was a 26-inning tie between the Brooklyn
Dodgers and the Boston Braves in 1920.) The Tigers won 6--1 by scoring five
runs in the 26th off Cyclones outfielder Mark Wright (above), who joked in the
20th inning that he was available to pitch and was taken up on his offer five
innings later. The game, at KeySpan Park in Coney Island, began at 12:03 in
front of more than 9,000 fans and ended at 6:43. "There were maybe 50
[fans] at the end," says Wright, who last pitched in high school. "I
don't blame them. I probably wouldn't have stuck around if I didn't have
to."
Blown Up
By a high-pressure water cannon, a box of memorabilia that an autograph
collector sent to the home of Byron Nelson. The wife of the 94-year-old golf
legend thought the package looked suspicious, so she called the police. (She
didn't recognize the name, the postage hadn't been canceled, and the
handwriting looked peculiar.) Fire officials removed the package and later
destroyed it, only to find it contained banners from the Masters. "We just
have to err on the side of caution," said Roanoke ( Texas) Fire Department
Chief Mike Duncan.
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