(October 30, 2016 at 11:05 pm)Tazzycorn Wrote:(October 30, 2016 at 9:27 pm)Tiberius Wrote: The numerous ways in which you can score (with differing numbers of points) in American Football are the reason why ties are so rare. Also it's generally quite easy to win in overtime because after two possessions it becomes sudden death.
3-17 to 2-20 is a typical type of score in top level hurling. Three points for a goal so that's a drawn game. Compared to American football there's a lot more ways to score (eg even at mediocre club level you've at least on player on your tean who's got the skill to strike the ball for a point from 65 metres while being tackled) and yet draws are a regular occurance.
US sports tend to be designed to artificially remove draws.
Baseball literally cannot end in a tie game. They will continue to add extra innings until the game is decided.
The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings, two teams from the Triple-A International League, played the longest game in professional baseball history. It lasted for 33 innings, with 8 hours and 25 minutes of playing time. 32 innings were played April 18/19, 1981, at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and the final 33rd inning was played June 23, 1981. Pawtucket won the game, 3–2.
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