The answer to the above question is a believe-it-or-not YES!
In a letter from an eye witness, RED BOROM, the Tigers in that wacky 1945
season did indeed play a 40 inning game with the Philadelphia A’s. Listen to
RED BOROM explain it in his own words.
“I was certainly glad to see that WBWF in it’s summer edition included the
story about “LES MUELLER’S MASTERPIECE.” It was certainly a masterpiece
when a pitcher goes 19 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run in a no
decision 24 inning game. I’d like to mention that I’d never seen a game
called because of darkness. And to my knowledge I’ve never read anywhere
that that marathon game was continued the next time we played in the city
of brotherly love. THAT GAME WENT INTO THE 16th INNING TIED 1-1, when
in the bottom of the 16th the A’s scored to win this 40 inning classic 3-2!!!!
THAT MUST BE AN ALL TIME RECORD, AS IT TOOK 40 INNINGS TO COMPLETE
ONE MLB GAME.” red borom
Here’s an all time record game completely buried in the archives of modern baseball.
40 innings and only 5 runs scoring! It’s just another case of today’s media having no
respect for old school baseball. THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN TO RED BOROM’S
LETTER, WHO INCIDENTLY, IS THE OLDEST LIVING TIGER AT 94 AND STILL KICKEN’
BUTT!
posted by bobby hoeft on july 6, 2010.
BUTT!!
