Longest-ever World Series game smashes some home-run memes – CNET
Baseball's a leisurely sport on its best day, but on Friday night, the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers played in the longest World Series game ever, a 18-inning monstrosity that didn't end until after 3:30 a.m. East Coast time. The Dodgers won 3-2, and now trail the Series 2 games to 1.
The game went 18 innings, the only World Series game ever to do so, clobbering the previous record of 14 innings shared by three different games. Dodger Max Muncy finally put the game to bed with a walk-off homer in the 18th.
Fans on Twitter helped while the endless time away with memes and quips. One of the most popular jokes involved how much people had aged between the first pitch and the last. That Titanic lady's got nothin' on this game.
This just in: The Beatles, who sang the national anthem at tonight’s game, have broken up.
— Bill Prady (@billprady) October 27, 2018
The length of the game made a lot of peoples' lives difficult, from concessions workers...
to journalists...
This is also the first World Series game in history that might not appear in a single newspaper in the country as we approach 2:30 AM ET
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) October 27, 2018
Press box reeks of weed. My question -- if you successfully smuggle weed into a World Series game, why wait until the 16th inning to whip it out
— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) October 27, 2018
...fans in different time zones...
I'm in London. Woke up at 1am for the start, feel asleep in the 12th inning, now back for the 15th
— UK Braves (@BravesintheUK) October 27, 2018
...the stadium's cleaning crew...
...and yes, the players.
"Won't need a game 4 starter if game 3 never ends," pointed out one savvy fan.
Some masochists loved it, or said they did.
Said one fan, "I hope this game never ends. I want 30 innings of World Series baseball. I want to see it still on at 5 a.m. and watch the teams openly crying having to take the field."
I hope this game never ends. I want 30 innings of #worldseries baseball. I want to see it still on at 5am and watch the teams openly crying having to take the field
— James (@ispizzaratalive) October 27, 2018
Others struggled to stay awake, and came up with creative solutions to pass the time.
Wrote actor Josh Gad, "I'm thinking about finding a newborn turtle, raising it, nurturing it and then racing it against this game."
Phone is at 1%. This will be my final message from Dodger Stadium. Please tell my wife, who is sitting right next to me, that I love her. #WorldSeries
— Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins) October 27, 2018
baseball should allow for a wwe-style money in the bank where another team can rush in out of nowhere during the world series and challenge either team for the championship
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) October 27, 2018
I’m thinking about finding a newborn turtle, raising it, nurturing it and then racing it against this game. #WorldSeries
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) October 27, 2018
Currently at 6 hours and 43 minutes, World Series game 3 between the Dodgers and Red Sox has just broken the record for longest time anyone has listened to Joe Buck.
— Sam Bowers (@SamBowers12) October 27, 2018
One of the rarest things in all of sports! If a Los Angeles Dodgers game gets to midnight, they fire the cocaine cannons #WorldSeries
— kevinbiegel (@kbiegel) October 27, 2018
Don't go away, fans, Saturday's Game 4 is just hours away.
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