Today’s first game was probably the biggest Camp Day of the summer. By the time the game started, there was a sea of yellow buses in all of the surrounding parking lots. The PawSox play their games at McCoy Stadium, which has been in operation for over 60 years. What McCoy Stadium is best known for is hosting the longest game ever played in baseball history. On April 18, 1981, a game between the PawSox and Rochester Redwings went until 4:07AM at the end of the 32nd inning on the morning of April 19th, when play was finally suspended. Only nineteen fans remained in the stands when the game was called for the night, and they received lifetime passes to McCoy Stadium (via Wikipedia). On June 23rd, play resumed when the Red Wings came back into town and the game was ended quickly in the bottom of the 33rd inning. Two future baseball legends played in that game—Cal Ripken, Jr. for the Red Wings and Wade Boggs for the PawSox.

If you ever follow MLB games on the internet, there is a “GameDay” feature you can use that updates the game pitch by pitch, showing you where the balls and strikes land during an at-bat. Ever wonder how they do such a thing? The video below shows a brief example of the guy sitting in the press box updating it during an at-bat.

Tonight’s game was just an hour drive down the road to Norwich, CT to see the Defenders play at Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium. The ballpark recently hosted the Eastern League All-Star game in July, but it was canceled in the 3rd inning due to excessive fog. The stadium was used as the setting for the miniseries The Bronx Is Burning, which is currently airing this summer on ESPN. Tonight’s raffle was for an autographed team ball—thanks to Meaghan for helping us out tonight!

In the past two days the Tour for the Cure drove 20 hours, saw four baseball games, and visited seven states and one Canadian province. I would not recommend it, as it is probably one of the most exhausting 48 hours experienced on this trip.