Local resident Mike LeClaire participates in the world’s longest ball game
After battling it out for four days, from Aug. 22-25 in Centennial Park in Sherwood Park, 56 players raised in excess of $450,000 to support cancer research.
Among the players was Round Hill’s Mike LeClaire, a familiar face in the Powerline Baseball League (PBL), who has played and managed the Bardo Athletics for 22 years, eventually retiring in 2015.
“It was a privilege to have had the opportunity to play in the world’s longest ball game once again, this being my second time,” LeClaire said. “It was easy to combine my love for the game with the passion to help make a difference in the lives of so many who are affected by cancer in some way.”
The first game was played three years back at RE/MAX Field in Edmonton.
Founded and started by Dr. Brent Saik in 2016, this game holds the Guinness record for the World’s Longest Baseball Game, played over four days continuously for 24 hours each day, with all players staying at the diamond without leaving the grounds in anyway.
