‘Longest’ docu is a home run

CHECK out counter: ESPN’s “30 For 30” podcast “The Longest Game” on the epic 1981 Triple-A, 33-inning game, Rochester at Pawtucket. The game included the Pawtucket Red Sox’s Wade Boggs and Rochester Red Wings’ (Orioles) Cal Ripken Jr. The winning pitcher, weeks later, was Pawtucket’s Bob Ojeda.

The boxscore notes that 1,740 were in attendance when the game began on April 18, and 20 remained when it was suspended in the 32nd inning on April 19. The game was completed on June 23.

Side stories: Boggs, after driving in the tying run in the 21st — “I didn’t know if our players wanted to hug me or slug me”; Pawtucket reliever Luis Aponte arriving home so early in the morning his wife didn’t buy his excuse; and the dugout burning of benches and broken bats to try to get warm.

➤ Drew Brees is like a character out of “Guys and Dolls” or Elmer Gantry from the eponymous Sinclair Lewis novel.

One moment he’s hustling young suckers in his bet-all-game, every-game TV commercials, other times he’s delivering “motivational” Bible stories and prayer on Pray.com.

Perhaps he can combine the two. Brees can offer a daily parlays-and-prop-bets prayer. Pass the poor box and bet the Under!

➤ Interesting, how the PGA now has tons of money to throw at players who don’t abandon the Tour for Saudi mullah moola.

➤ Longtime public relations man/pal Chip Namias asks that I recognize Yankees organist Paul Cartier for the locally historic music he played as Isiah Kiner-Falefa came to bat for the Yankees last weekend: the theme music from Ch. 9’s long-gone Mets postgame “Kiner’s Korner.”

➤ Reader Michael Napoliello: “As soon as you hear Paul O’Neill utter his, ‘I’ll tell you what,’ run for cover; a verbal tsunami is about to hit.”