Crime & Safety

Record Breaking Longest Baseball Game Raises Money For Backstoppers

Fifty baseball players from around St. Louis played the 60-hour game at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O'Fallon on Tuesday-Thursday.

A group of 50 men powered through the summer heat to raise money for charity this week in O'Fallon, according to Fox 2

KSDK reports that ballplayers from across the St. Louis region came together to set a Guinness World Record for playing a 60-hour baseball game. The game lasted from Tuesday to Thursday at .

The funds raised from the event benefit Backstoppers, an organization that takes care of the family members of fallen police and firefighters.

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