Alaska Beat

15 innings of Midnight Sun baseball

According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the 105th annual Midnight Sun Baseball Game may have transformed into a new tradition this year: The All-night Sun Game. For folks who don't know, the traditional baseball game starts at 10 p.m. on Summer Solstice, and is played to its end without the use of artificial lights. As is the case with most great, Alaska summer traditions, it reportedly began as a bar bet. This year's contest lasted into the home half of the 15th inning (and ended with a come-from-behind win by the home team), and didn't finish until after "sunrise" on Tuesday morning. When the game finally ended, there were still about 1,000 people in the stands. Read more, here.

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