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After sitting through those postseason epics, he's a regular marathon man
Sporting News, The, Nov 11, 2005 by Stan McNeal
After attending several Astros playoff games in his hometown of Houston last month, Phillies executive Gordon Lakey can add a unique line to a resume that includes more than 3,000 major league games seen: He has attended the longest (by elapsed time) regular-season, postseason and World Series games ever. Memorable moments from his long days at the yard:
May 8-9, 1984, Comiskey Park, Chicago: 25 innings, 8 hours, 6 minutes. White Sox 7, Brewers 6.
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"This was the most memorable game I've ever seen. I can remember it better than some of the games I saw this year. Because of a 1 a.m. curfew on American League games then, it was played over two days. Tom Seaver pitched the final inning for the win, then started and won the regularly scheduled game that night. Brewers third baseman Randy Ready threw a ball over the first baseman's head into the stands that went out one of the exits. I've never seen a ball thrown less accurately?
October 9, Minute Maid Park, Houston: 18 innings, 5 hours, 50 minutes. Astros 7, Braves 6.
"I was sitting in the second row near the Astros' dugout and Brad Ausmus had the most stunned look on his face after he hit his homer in the ninth to tie it. In all my years of watching him play, I've never seen him hit a ball that far"
October 25, Minute Maid Park, Houston: 14 innings, 5 hours, 41 minutes. White Sox 7, Astros 5.
"Looking up and seeing Brandon Backe, the (Astros') scheduled starter for the next night, warming up and seeing (the White Sox's) Mark Buehrle go into the game, I started thinking, 'Who's going to be left to pitch tomorrow night?'"
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