What is the longest game you have ever worked? Time and/or innings!

[pingswinger]

I had a barn burner that had two rain delays and final score was 24-21. 7 innings took us 4 hours 11 mins.

[RPatrino]

14 innings (7 inning game), 5+ hours. It was a state final game, 4 man crew, I was U3. This was a double elimination game, and I was slated to do the dish in the "if needed" game. Well, the 'if needed' game was needed. SO tack on another 2 hours and 7 innings to an already rather LONG day!!!!

[uxley11]

1 hour 45 minutes. of course I dont work high school. That is the maximum I will everwork a game because at 1:45 I have been told to shut the game down.

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by uxley11

1 hour 45 minutes. of course I dont work high school. That is the maximum I will everwork a game because at 1:45 I have been told to shut the game down.

So .. you'll never work a tourney or playoff game?

My worst (although not the longest) was the first game of the morning, 1:15 time limit game that went 2:40 - even with ITB, no one could score. I can't even guess how many innings it went --- 17 or 18 I would guess. 1-0 game. Got far behind on my field, but also on other fields because of it. The trickle down had us adding some 7-8 games to Sunday.

Longest was just over 4 hours - typical 7-inning no-pitch walkathon high school game with no time limit.

[Rich]

I worked a 14-inning plate last year (or maybe 2005) that finished in 4:15. Adult 9-inning wood bat game.

I got hit hard on the plate shoe in the fourth inning and it hurt the rest of the game. Game ended on a walkoff 3-run HR in the bottom of the 14th.

[Rcichon]

3 Hours after the 4th inning.





Yep.

No time limit. Thank God we have no lights.

[DG]

A single game, 12 innnings, 3:45. But I worked a DH by myself last year because partner did not show up, so it was 14 innings, 5 hours for the two.

[SanDiegoSteve]

I have had a few very long extra-inning affairs which thankfully I have managed to put into the "forgetting" area of the brain.

My longest regulation 7 inning varsity game was 4 hrs. and 35 minutes, in which neither team's pitching could get anybody out. Just brutal.

[Justme]

Originally Posted by uxley11

1 hour 45 minutes. of course I dont work high school. That is the maximum I will everwork a game because at 1:45 I have been told to shut the game down.

1:45??? I wouldn't have even bothered to post that.

As best I can remember my longest game was just under 4 hours (no rain delay, extra innings) of boring Adult League baseball. My longest HS game was 3:20 (due to rain delay) for 7-innings -- last season.

[briancurtin]

13 innings on the plate -- a touch over 4 hours.

luckily it was a nice sunny day with a decent breeze, towards the end of september i believe. students gave up after 2 hours or so since i dont think anyone saw the last half of the game, which was unusual.

[DG]

Oh, I forgot a regular 7 inning 5.5 hour tournament game that included a rain delay, and a change from one soggy field to another one 10 miles away. Of course, most of the time was the delay and change of venue. The game itself probably lasted 2:30 or so.

[greymule]

Last summer 2 guys from our organization did a game in the LL District whatever girls' softball. There was a 10-run rule, but no time limit. Game began at 6 p.m. and ended at 10:10 p.m. (No extra innings, no delays for rain or injury.)

Long game, but they each hauled away 25 smackers for their efforts.

Final was 26-24. I understand there were some bases on balls.

[canadaump6]

Originally Posted by uxley11

1 hour 45 minutes. of course I dont work high school. That is the maximum I will everwork a game because at 1:45 I have been told to shut the game down.

The games I do usually have 1 hour 45 minute time limits, or 2 hour time limits, but we are never told to shut the game right down after that time. Rather no new inning may start after the time limit.