So the Missus and I started watching the John Isner/Nicolas Mahut Endless Tennis Match at around 35-35 in the fifth set early Wednesday afternoon, and we kept thinking “This’ll be over soon . . . ”
But no.
At 51-51 (around 3:30) I had to go out, so I told the Missus to call me when the thing ended, truly believing that the moment I stepped out the door, one of the inexhaustible duo would fold like Faisal Shahzad.
Wrong.
At one point during the next hour Isner had a match point, which WEEI (not exactly home to the Sport of People in White Shorts) actually broadcast live.
But no.
Instead, at roughly 4:30, the Missus called and said the match was suspended because of darkness at 59-all.
Play resumes Thursday at 10:30 EST.
Really, how often do you encounter a once-in-a-lifetime experience that takes three days (at least)?
UPDATE (Thursday noon): Isner won . . . finally! . . . 70-68. The whole thing was like some Ionesco play with 12-hour intermissions.
Campaign Outsider 
The fact that this occurred on the anniversary of the conclusion of the longest professional baseball game is just serendipity.
Excellent! Thanks, Steve.
“10:30 am EST”? Every second of every minute of every hour of every day from the second Sunday in March until the first Sunday in November happens during Eastern DAYLIGHT Saving Time, or EDST.
I just relayed what the press listed, Laurence. Then again, the news media have always occupied their own time zone.