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New Guinness World Record Set for the Largest Game of Catch

On Sunday, New Jersey set a new Guinness World Record for the largest game of catch at Yogi Berra Stadium at Montclair State University, with Big Catch recording 1,179 pairs.
Organized as part of centennial events, the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls charged $25 per pair, with proceeds supporting education programs serving 10,000 middle school and high school students annually.
Participants stood 10 feet apart and played catch for five minutes, while event emcee Bob Costas and Schaenen, museum official, invoked Yogi Berra's Hall of Fame lines.
Big Catch sought to dethrone Dadfest, the 2017 Illinois event that set the previous record at 972 pairs, and organizers described Big Catch as the latest New Jersey effort to secure Guinness World Records certification.
Some attendees drove long distances, for example Chappus traveled about 600 miles from Michigan, arriving around midnight Friday, while the minimum age to participate was 7, after Yogi Berra died in 2015.

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New Guinness world record set for the largest game of catch

The effort to break the Guinness World Record for the largest game of catch happened Sunday in New Jersey at Yogi Berra Stadium at Montclair State University.

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