The Endless Game Foundation played 100 straight hours of baseball for more than just an accolade over Labor Day weekend
Martin Augustine
KMBC 9 News Reporter
Charity breaks world record for the longest baseball game in North Kansas City
The Endless Game Foundation played 100 straight hours of baseball for more than just an accolade over Labor Day weekend
OF BASEBALL PLAYERS HAS BEEN TRYING TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD WHILE DOING GOOD. AND KMBC NINE’S MARTIN AUGUSTINE IS THERE. SO MARTIN, WHAT’S THE WORD? WERE THEY ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL? WELL, WE’RE GOING TO WAIT ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO GET CONFIRMATION FROM THE GUINNESS BOOK WORLD OF RECORDS. BUT LOOK BACK HERE. THOSE TWO GUYS, TWO TEAMS, TEAM COURAGE AND RED TEAM STRENGTH IN BLUE JUST FINISHED PLAYING 100 HOURS OF BASEBALL. HERE’S WHAT THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK LOOKED LIKE RIGHT AT NOON WHEN THE RECORD OR WELL, WHEN THE GAME FINALLY CAME TO AN END. WE NEED TO POINT OUT THAT THESE TWO, TWO TEAMS ACTUALLY BROKE THE RECORD ABOUT 7:00 LAST NIGHT WHEN THEY SURPASSED 83 HOURS, WHICH WAS THE PREVIOUS LONGEST BASEBALL GAME ON RECORD. BUT ALL ALONG, THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT A NICE ROUND NUMBER OF 100 AS THEY NOT ONLY PLAYED BASEBALL, BUT WERE RAISING MONEY FOR A NUMBER OF WONDERFUL CHARITIES. THE VETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT, ONE OF THEM, OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH CHILDREN’S MERCY HOSPITAL, JUST TO NAME A FEW. SO THEY’RE STILL COUNTING THE MONEY THAT THEY’VE RAISED FOR THAT. BUT ALL DONE IN A VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD CAUSE BY A BUNCH OF GUYS THAT ABSOLUTELY LOVE BASEBALL. BY THE WAY, THE FINAL SCORE FROM THE LAST FOUR DAYS, TEAM COURAGE, THAT’S THE TEAM IN RED 468, TEAM STRENGTH SEVEN IN BLUE 307. SO A TEAM STRENGTH WAS UP IN THE BOTTOM OF THE WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE INNING IT WAS AND THEN THEY PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT OF A RALLY. SO THE TEAM COURAGE BROUGHT THEIR CLOSER IN TO SHUT THAT DOWN TO KEEP IT AT A RESPECTABLE 100 AND SOME ODD RUNS. THERE. WE WILL GET AN OFFICIAL TIME WITH THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS. WE KNOW IT’S LIKE RIGHT AT 100. IT MIGHT BE 100 HOURS AND CHANGE, BUT DON’T DARE SAY LET’S PLAY TWO AROUND THESE GUYS. THEY’RE RUNNING. THEY’LL RUN YOU OUT ON A RAIL FOR SURE. REPORTING LIVE IN NORTH KANSAS CITY AT MCCANN PARK, MARTIN AUGUSTIN
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Charity breaks world record for the longest baseball game in North Kansas City
The Endless Game Foundation played 100 straight hours of baseball for more than just an accolade over Labor Day weekend
Martin Augustine
KMBC 9 News Reporter
A world record was set today at Macken Park in North Kansas City. Two baseball teams finished a game that started Thursday and lasted 100 hours!These ballplayers surpassed the world record Saturday night around 7 p.m. when they passed 83 hours, the record previously set in Canada. The goal all along has been to play 100. Reaching that goal brought a thrilling end to the marathon. The goal was achieved mainly through ball players who compete in senior leagues across the metro area.Since Thursday, they've piled up the at-bats, the pitches and plays in the field. Each player took on 4-hour shifts, then 8 hours of rest. It was inning after inning after inning. The world record is a profound achievement, but the real goal was raising thousands of dollars for local charities."The records come and go. Someone's going to come along and break it at some point. But the impact we can have with the money we raise and give to the charities we are supporting, that could change some people's lives," Scott Reinardy, Player and Endless Game Foundation Chair, said. The charities they support include Operation Breakthrough, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Veteran’s Community Project, Gift of Life, C You in the Major Leagues, and the North Kansas City Parks & Recreation.The Endless Game Foundation is looking to raise 300 thousand dollars for their charities.In the end, Team Courage beat Team Strength, 468 to 307.If you want to participate, you can donate on their website.
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
A world record was set today at Macken Park in North Kansas City. Two baseball teams finished a game that started Thursday and lasted 100 hours!
These ballplayers surpassed the world record Saturday night around 7 p.m. when they passed 83 hours, the record previously set in Canada. The goal all along has been to play 100.
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Reaching that goal brought a thrilling end to the marathon. The goal was achieved mainly through ball players who compete in senior leagues across the metro area.
Since Thursday, they've piled up the at-bats, the pitches and plays in the field. Each player took on 4-hour shifts, then 8 hours of rest. It was inning after
'No one's done this before': Local group hopes to break world record for longest baseball game
inning after inning. The world record is a profound achievement, but the real goal was raising thousands of dollars for local charities.
"The records come and go. Someone's going to come along and break it at some point. But the impact we can have with the money we raise and give to the charities we are supporting, that could change some people's lives," Scott Reinardy, Player and Endless Game Foundation Chair, said.
The charities they support include Operation Breakthrough, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Veteran’s Community Project, Gift of Life, C You in the Major Leagues, and the North Kansas City Parks & Recreation.
The Endless Game Foundation is looking to raise 300 thousand dollars for their charities.
In the end, Team Courage beat Team Strength, 468 to 307.
If you want to participate, you can donate on their website.
