The 1981 game began on a Saturday night at McCoy Stadium with 1,740 fans in attendance.

McCoy Stadium also has the distinction of being home to the longest professional baseball game ever played - 33 innings.

They played their home games at McCoy Stadium.

This has led to a unique fan-friendly tradition of McCoy Stadium.

For many years, McCoy Stadium was not up to International League standards.

Nineteen fans remained in the stands when the game was called for the night, and they received lifetime passes to McCoy Stadium.

Once a year, on the night before Thanksgiving, football is played inside McCoy Stadium.

But, for 73 years, the two schools played each other on Thanksgiving, with most of those games played inside McCoy Stadium.

For one night a summer, for the last three summers, McCoy Stadium has hosted a concert.

The longest professional baseball game in history, 33 innings, was played at McCoy Stadium in 1981.