Barry, Dan

Chronicles the April 19, 1981, minor league baseball game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings, which, at thirty-three innings, became the longest game in baseball history and came to symbolize the joys, sorrows, and collective pasts and futures of the players, coaches, and fans.

Details the longest game in baseball history, a grueling minor-league matchup between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings that lasted more than eight hours, with the last of the thirty-three innings being postponed until two months later.