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April 19, 2025 – discussion

SOME DETAILS OF PRO BASEBALL’S LONGEST GAME

APRIL 18 & APRIL 19, 195 POs, JUNE, 8 HRs & 25 MINs

On APRIL 18, 1981 the Pawtucket Red Sox had a delayed start to a game at McCoy Stadium against the Rochester Red Wings. The delay, due to an issue with stadium lighting, didn’t seem to bother the 1,740 fans in attendance.

The game had a lot of back and forth of potential but unfulfilled scoring opportunities. Pawtucket tied the game in the bottom of the 9th at one run each. The game moved into extra innings even though it was nearly 1 am.

THIS ISN’T MINE, BUT I
HAVE ONE OF THESE CUPS

It seems the home plate umpire’s rule book was not up- to-date on the rules addressing the suspension of late night play and no officials in Pawtucket seemed concerned about any city curfews that may have been in place. Play transitioned from regular play to extra innings, April 18th to APRIL 19th (Easter Sunday) unabated.

The 21st inning proved to be exciting (as exciting as 2 am baseball gets, I suppose) with Rochester scoring a run in the top of the inning and Pawtucket following suit with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning. Wade Boggs, who drove in Pawtucket’s run, admitted there were mixed emotions and definite groaning from the Pawtucket bench in response to his RBI.

At 4:07 am, after 32 full innings the game was suspended – only 19 fans remained in the stands. The game was resumed on JUNE 23 and it took the PawSox just one additional inning to eek out the win. Overall, the game lasted 8 HOURS & 25 MINUTES.

A game this long in duration will inherently have interesting statistics. A few that jumped out at me were: a record 60 stirkeouts, a record 195 putouts (195 POs), 4 players (all on the Red Wings) had 15 plate appearances each and one poor soul, Russ Laribee (Red Sox), had 7 strikeouts.

Other fun fact: Bev and Tom were there – at least for part of it. I don’t know the details of their attendance, someone’s going to have to fill me in on this.

1950 CENSUS DATA FOR GIL AND CLAIRE

1, KNIGHT’S ESTATES, 2860, NOT MORE THAN A YEAR

At the time of the 1950 census, Claire and Gil were living in what I would call Mount View. Apparently at the time, it was known as KNIGHT’S ESTATES.

I almost didn’t find this record as Gilbert’s name was erroneously transliterated to “Wilbert” by the scanning and database software. The census entry shows them as having 1 child.

The family shows up on the census sheet above on Sample Line 23. The sample lines are the entries that have the little bump-out block on the left margin. Families listed in sample lines were to answer additional questions at the bottom of the form. It is in this additional information that we learn Gil’s salary the previous year was $2860 and that the family had been living in the stated location for NOT MORE THAN A YEAR.

I realize these images might not be big enough to read. If anyone wants me to send them the whole page image, let me know. Also, a note to Norma… remember that day we were doing that crazy NK history app tour and we went to Mount View? We turned around at one point and you noted that Mom and Dad had lived there for a while and that you used to know which house it was. I was biting my tongue because I was/am 90% sure we were right in front of the house they lived in when you made the comment. I can’t verify though because the census form (although there’s a column for it) doesn’t have the house number. I’ve asked Eileen and she’s pretty sure she could identify it but didn’t know the street/number for sure.

MONTHS THAT GIL AND CLAIRE DID NOT WELCOME A BABY

NOVEMBER, FEBRUARY, DECEMBER, APRIL

Gil and Claire had babies born in January, March, May, July, August, September, and October. None of their children were born in February, April, June, November, or December.

DETAILS OF GIL AND CLAIRE’S PURCHASE OF THE 461

NINETEEN-FIFTY, QUINN, 6800, SEPTEMBER

Gil and Claire moved from their Mount View home later in 1950 (NINETEEN-FIFTY) when they purchased the property on the southwesterly corner of South Road and Old Baptist Road. The date of that sale/purchase is SEPTEMBER 11. Their new neighbor was George QUINN, the purchase price was $6800.

Nancy Knott

10 responses to “April 19, 2025 – discussion”

  1. I really late when things met transliterated.

    I mean really hate when things get transliterated.

  2. Not so good. I gave up after several attempts. I knew something was going on with the damn month but couldn’t get the right combo.

  3. You got me on this one! But a lot of interesting information! Loved the info about the purchase of the 461! You’ll have to bring me back to Mount View and show me the house!

  4. Wow! This was an interesting one! I got none but learned a lot! I didn’t know that the 461 was bought in 1950. For some reason I thought my mom spent more of her childhood in Mount View.
    And what is with Knight’s Estates?!

  6. Also, I really wish I still had one of those longest game cups! They were a staple of my childhood. And I think I had one near the bathtub when the girls were little for rinsing hair. Great cups! Does anyone still have one?

    • Mine is in my bathroom for rinsing stuff – I don’t need it as much now that we have a hand-held showerhead

  7. We had a few of those cups around for the longest time.
    Wish I still had one.
    Such a disappointment that the Paw Sox are gone. They were a staple of the summer recreation trips.
    Never heard that other name for Mount View. I don’t think it is even something Tim Cranston mentioned.
    Loved the price of the Old Baptist Road House.

    • I thought you and Norma mentioned the horse training facility down there from your Quid lecture last year. Maybe “Knight’s Farm” wasn’t noted. Now I’ll have to look it up somewhere.