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By: Malcom Gaxie

Malcom Gaxie — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:07:44 +0000

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By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:46:04 +0000

I was trying to find an article on the first game when it happened and instead came across this Do you suppose this was some sort of spring training game (though it's played in Philadelphia) or did the first ever MLB game really take place a week earlier?

By: Russ

Russ — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:44:08 +0000

I was at the Cleveland Minnesota game last night. While the powers that be may not actually recognize it as such, I will think I was at #200,000.

By: JayKibler

JayKibler — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:12:41 +0000

@6,
Yes, I did notice that...and chuckled.

By: ajnrules

ajnrules — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:06:49 +0000

Yey! I was at that Astros-Rockies game tonight! I had lost track in the 200,000-game countdown, and so I was surprised when they made the announcement of history. It was a good game through 12, but then the Astros had to use Jordan Lyles, who suffered the Derek Holland syndrome and the game ended on a whimper.

By: joe baseball

joe baseball — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:46:45 +0000

The 200,000th regular-season game in Major League Baseball history was recognized Saturday night at Minute Maid Park in Houston, where the milestone was announced after the Rockies-Astros game became official.

At about 8:45 p.m. ET, Colorado and Houston were tied at 2 after five innings. MLB officials then checked with Elias Sports Bureau for a final authentication, and then notified the Rockies and Astros that they were in the history books.

There were eight ballparks hosting games that started in the 7 p.m. ET hour, and there were 199,998 games played entering that window. It created some bonus drama in the closing days as the fifth inning neared.

By: joe baseball

joe baseball — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:44:40 +0000

I used the same assuption that was used when Cal Ripken broke the streak, the game had to be officially played(4.5 Inn if the home team was winning or 5 inn otherwise) otherwise a game that might have started couldve been interupted and the results wiped off the books. But the 9th completed game of the day is also a valid way to record it. I'm guessing that the Min-Cle games was also the ninth game to finish. anyone with better info?

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:19:11 +0000

You would think that in all that has been said about this "landmark", someone would have questimated which game the landmark was, long before #14 entered his post. I know it was subject to change depending on rainouts being played later, but generally speaking, you would think a big deal would have been made of the probable magic 200,000th. His words, "game just became official" sounds as if the 5th inning just finished. Or do you just take the order in which the games started, knowing team No. X would be the 200,000th? Personally, I would take whichever game finished 200,000th. How can a game be official unless you know the final score and all the stats involved? So do these alternative methods change anything, fellow stat-heads?

By: joe baseball

joe baseball — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:29:19 +0000

from what I can tell, the Min-Cle game just became official, I think it should be the 200,000

By: Kingturtle

Kingturtle — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:28:33 +0000

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