Extra innings baseball is pretty magical. While Wednesday’s matchup between the Chicago White Sox and the Seattle Mariners didn’t last until 3:14 AM, it isn’t often you find yourself watching the 16th inning of a game. (Fun fact: the longest American League game to date was also played by the Chicago White Sox, at home against the Milwaukee Brewers, back in 1984). Long games are fondly referred to as “free baseball” because with each at bat and inning that pass, the ticket cost per minute metric is tilting more and more toward the category of “steal of a deal” (if you stay and watch)! Just how exciting is this type of special game? Ask this Mariners fan:

His exuberance was in response to Kyle Seager’s clutch grand slam home run that kept Seattle alive in the bottom of the 14th inning. Talk about epic. Scott Merkin of MLB.com reports:

Kyle Seager launched a game-tying grand slam — the first extra-inning, game-tying slam in MLB history, according to Elias Sports — on a 1-2 slider from the White Sox closer.

Seattle became the first team in MLB history to score five runs in the 14th inning or later to tie a game, according to Elias.

The fans who were still at the ballpark at this point in the game clearly love baseball - few who came just to hang out with friends would have the stamina to endure the extra four and a half innings. This is an important point because it is perhaps the only explanation that can begin to excuse this fan’s GET THE BALL tunnel vision:

Poor kid. Hopefully that was his dad who knocked him over, and hopefully he apologized with some ice cream on the way home.

Unfortunately for Seattle, the White Sox would pull it out 7-5 in the 16th inning. For the statistics and data inclined, that puts the Mariners 11 games back in the AL West, and the White Sox 6 behind in the AL Central, finally breaking an 8 game losing streak.