Time doesn’t fly
June 18th, 2007, 6:39 pm · Post a Comment · posted by scottbordow
Somehow, UC Irvine’s 5-4 victory over Cal State Fullerton Monday took a College World Series-record 5 hours and 40 minutes. Sure, it went 13 innings, but 5 hours and 40 minutes for a 5-4 game? That’s ridiculous.
Especially when you consider that Southern California’s 21-14 victory over Arizona State in the 1998 title game took 3 hours and 59 minutes.
That game took so long, I almost missed my flight going home that night. I furiously drove my rental car to the airport curb, grabbed my luggage, ran inside and threw my car keys at the girl behind the rental car counter while I yelled, “Bill me later.”
I made my flight by five minutes.
Thank goodness Irvine and Fullerton weren’t playing that day.