GUARDIAN CHRONICLE
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NYC CORRECTION OFFICER
JUAN LOPEZ
21 YEAR VETERAN
INDUCTED INTO THE
GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS
July 8, 2007
Correction Officer Investigator Juan Lopez # 2028 a 21 year veteran of the NYC Department of Correction assigned to the Intelligence Unit (formerly the Gang Intelligence Unit) was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records as a member of the NY Giants. Officer Lopez along with his teammates played a baseball game for 33 Hours 15 minutes and 45 seconds to help raise funds for the Prostate Cancer Foundation and set a new record for the Longest Baseball game ever played. Officer Lopez is the player on the bottom left of the picture. This game was reported in the news and in several newspapers, also the managers of both teams were invited to the NY Mets game on father's day to present a mock check of $40,000 to the Prostate Cancer Foundation before the game. It was a great accomplishment by both teams. Congratulations!
Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL)
The Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL)/Men's Adult Baseball League (MABL) is a national organization with 325 local affiliates, 3,200 teams and 45,000 members who play organized amateur baseball in local leagues, 30 regional tournaments and six national tournaments.
On May 24, 2008, the Long Island Men's Senior Baseball League/Adult Baseball League set a Guinness record for the longest baseball game ever played by two teams of players 45 years of age or older and raised over $40,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. The game went on for 33 hours, 15 minutes and 45 seconds beating the old record of 32 hours 29 minutes 26 seconds set in Saint Louis last September. The two teams representing Long Island MSBL were the Brooklyn Dodgers and The New York Giants. The game went 99 innings and the score was 155 to 136 with the NY Giants winning.