At
8:00 AM on October 13th at
TR Hughes Ballpark in O'Fallon,
MO, the umpire will scream "Play
Ball" and the teams will
not stop playing until a
new World Record (besting
30 hours, 5 minutes) for
the longest baseball game
ever played has been established.
As the home to some of the
deepest and richest tradition
in the sport of baseball,
St. Louis, MO will be home
to another coveted baseball
accomplishment. Most importantly,
all monies raised will be donated
to Gene Slay's Boys' Club of St.
Louis. Gene Slay's Boys' Club has
been "A Place to Go and A
Way To Grow" for almost 80
years and was the first Boys'
Club in Missouri.
The St. Louis ballplayers will
pay tribute to St. Louis' history
in baseball by representing two
of the cities' great teams from
the past: The 1928 Negro National
League Champion St. Louis Stars
and the 1944 American League Champion
St. Louis Browns.
First
Pitch: 8:00
AM Saturday, October
13th Record Broken: 2:06
PM Sunday, October 14th Location:TR
Hughes Ballpark, O'Fallon, MO Admission: Donation
requested
*FIRST
500 FANS WIN A COMMEMORATIVE
STADIUM CUP!
1944
St. Louis Browns St.
Louis
was
a two-team
town
for
most
of
the
early
20th
century.
While
the
Cardinals
were
dominating
the
MLB
National
League,
the
Browns
were
perennial
lovable
losers. “First
in
booze,
first
in
shoes
and
last
in
the
American
League...” Until
the
magical
year
of
1944
when
the
lovable
Browns
won
the
American
League
pennant
and
faced
their
cross-town
rival
St.
Louis
Cardinals
in
a street-car
World
Series.
The
Browns
played
at
Sportsman’s
Park
and some
of
their
All-time
great
players
include
George
Sisler,
Satchel
Paige,
Roy
Seivers
and
Don
Larson.
1928
St. Louis Stars The
St. Louis Stars
of the Negro National
League were one
of baseball’s
most talented teams,
ever. The Stars
the Negro League
world championship
in 1928, 1930
and 1931 (the last
season of the Negro
National League).
The Stars boasted
two of the fastest
men to ever play
the game, James “Cool
Papa” Bell
and George Giles.
Willie “Devil” Wells
was St. Louis’ original
shortstop wizard.
And Mule Suttles
was one of baseball’s
most feared sluggers
in his era. The
Stars stadium
featured a short
left field with
a towering fence
much like Fenway
Park in Boston.
