Softball's Longest Day

32 years ago this summer, the longest game in baseball history was played - a minor league affair in Rhode Island between affiliates of the Red Sox & Orioles which took 33 innings to complete that began the night before Easter, suspended after 32 innings at just after 4am ET and wasn't completed until 2 months later during the midst of the '81 MLB players strike.

Tonight, something similar is happening at the NCAA Women's College World Series in OKC. Games that had to be rescheduled because of yesterday's tornadoes are being played as quadruple headers, including a 15-inning affair which Florida won 9-7 over Nebraska. And just afterwards, the day's final game is in progress between Michigan & Arizona State. This Saturday sports night that saw the Pacers force game 7 against the Heat and the Blackhawks & Bruins take their NHL Conference Final openers is wrapping up on the wee hours of Sunday morning in the Heartland, and ending a week where softball began its road towards perhaps being reinstated as an Olympic sport in 2020.

- @DC408dxtr