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The longest baseball game took 33 innings to win

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Re: The longest baseball game took 33 innings to win

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Post by gwbas1c »

nkrisc wrote: post #4
brudgers wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are doing that at a normal game, you've got a problem...it might be accepted behavior in your social circle, but you have problem.

That's quite a bit of alcohol to be drinking, but that alone does not make it a "problem". Ill-advised? Sure. But whether it's a "problem" depends on other factors - for example there's a big difference between drinking a can of 9% ABV beer per inning. Drinking too much alcohol one time does not a problem make.

"drinking a can of From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binge_drinking#Definitions

> the term has been described in academic research to mean consuming five or more standard drinks (male), or four or more drinks (female),[12] over a two-hour period.

> Drinking too much alcohol one time does not a problem make

When I was in college, a lot of people would define alcoholism in their heads so that they didn't call themselves alcoholics, when in fact they were exhibiting textbook alcoholism. (Not that I have a perfect past myself.)

Needless to say, "a beer an inning" isn't the kind of behavior that I will publicly glorify; nor will I try to handwave it away as "not a problem."

Re: The longest baseball game took 33 innings to win

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Post by tclancy »

gwbas1c wrote: post #12

When I used to go to McCoy stadium in the 1990s, their were signs all over the stadium commemorating the game. They even had the score printed on cups.

Hung onto one of those cups for a decade or so. No idea where I got it as I was not at that game.

Re: The longest baseball game took 33 innings to win

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Post by tclancy »

ksherlock wrote: post #6
brudgers wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are doing that at a normal game, you've got a problem...it might be accepted behavior in your social circle, but you have problem.

That's the 9-9-9 challenge - 9 innings, 9 beers, 9 hotdogs.

It's the hot dogs that weirds me out.

Re: The longest baseball game took 33 innings to win

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Post by jaskerr »

cbm-vic-20 wrote: post #8

The stadium where this game was played was recently torn down, as the team ownership and city could not come to an agreement regarding tax incentives, and the team moved away.

It was dumber than that. Governor Raimondo worked out a loan with the Fenway group that bought the franchise that would keep the team in Pawtucket. The speaker of the House wouldn’t let the bill come to a vote, so the deal died. (I don’t remember his name; I do remember he was from West Warwick.)

Re: The longest baseball game took 33 innings to win

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Post by ofalkaed »

verdverm wrote: post #7
nkrisc wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's quite a bit of alcohol to be drinking, but that alone does not make it a "problem". Ill-advised? Sure. But whether it's a "problem" depends on other factors - for example there's a big difference between drinking a can of 9% ABV beer per inning. Drinking too much alcohol one time does not a problem make.

Anyone who can drink a beer per inning is not doing it as a one time thing. If you drink infrequently, you won't be capable of doing this and remaining in a capacity becoming of public places with children around

You assume the game goes at a decent speed and finishes. Such games tend to end once people are too drunk to play.

Re: The longest baseball game took 33 innings to win

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Post by jaskerr »

gwbas1c wrote: post #12

When I used to go to McCoy stadium in the 1990s, their were signs all over the stadium commemorating the game. They even had the score printed on cups.

I still have a couple of those commemorative cups. They live in the cupboard, used only occasionally.

Re: The longest baseball game took 33 innings to win

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Post by bluedino »

brudgers wrote: post #3
adam_patarino wrote: post #2

Imagine doing a beer an inning

If you are doing that at a normal game, you've got a problem...it might be accepted behavior in your social circle, but you have problem.

9 beers is a lot but it's not THAT many.

- a drunk

Re: The longest baseball game took 33 innings to win

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Post by kryptiskt »

grahar64 wrote: post #5

The longest test cricket match lasted 11days and was called off because one team had to catch a boat home

Isner-Mahut in 2010 Wimbledon took 11 hours over 3 days and ended 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68. It can't be repeated since they introduced tie breaks in the fifth set as a direct result of the travesty.
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