4/18/1981 - The longest baseball game

by ZombieMonta on Apr 18, 2010 10:33 AM EDT

(Marty Barrett scores the winning run in the 33rd inning. Photo courtesy of AP Photos) It was an April day in 1981 when the Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings (the AAA affiliates of the Red Sox and Orioles) met at McCoy Stadium in Rhode Island. The initial 1,740 fans in attendance had to...