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Summer means sports. Sports mean records and history. And so far this summer it seems that records are being broken and history is being made every day.

First, in baseball we saw Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay make history by throwing the 20th perfect game in Major League history a mere 20 days after Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden threw his perfect game on Mother’s Day. Halladay’s perfect game also marked the first time 3 perfect games had been thrown in a single calendar year going back to Mark Burhle’s 2009 perfect game. We also saw what could have been the 4th get stolen from Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Gallaraga when with 2 outs in the 9th inning first base umpire Jim Joyce called Jason Donald of the Cleveland Indians safe when he was clearly out. This call could go down as the worst and most costly in Major League history.

On the golf course, we saw the U.S Open be held at the prestigious Pebble Beach for the fifth time. We saw Irishman Graeme McDowell take an early lead after round 1, a phenomenal putting day by Phil Mickelson in round 2, a gutsy late charge by the worlds #1 Tiger Woods in round 3, and a catastrophic collapse by Dustin Johnson in the Final Round. When the final stroke was counted, it was the Round 1 leader McDowell who was left standing. He because the first Irishman to win the U.S. Open and the first winner from a European nation since 1970.

And on June 22nd, we saw what would be the beginning of a Wimbledon tennis match that would break multiple records and go down as one of the best ever. A match between the 23 seeded American John Isner and Frenchman Nicolas Mahut that would span 3 days and last a total of 11 hours and 5 minutes. Isner and Mahut battled on Tuesday, each winning 2 sets. Isner won the first set 6-4, Mahut took the next two 3-6 and 6-7 (7), and Isner battled hard to pull out the 7-6 (3) victory in the 4th set. Following the 4th set, play was suspended due to darkness. The players were set to return Wednesday morning to play a 5th set and decide a winner. This was when the madness began. In the fifth set, there is no tiebreak, meaning play continues until one player takes a 2 game lead after that player has won at least 6 games in the set.

Isner and Mahut battled point after point, game after game for 7 hours and 6 minutes and were still unable to decide a winner. Both men used up every ounce of strength, will, and heart they had before play was suspended due to darkness…again. The men returned to court 18 for the final time Thursday morning where after an hour and 5 minutes of play John Isner ended the match with a huge backhand return. The final score of the 5th set was 70-68.

This match is by far the longest in history, and the 5th set alone was longer than the previous longest match ever. The men played more games in the 5th set, 118, than anyone had ever played in an entire match before. The previous record was 112 which now stands at 183 thanks to Isner and Mahut. The strength and shot that each turned to throughout the marathon match was their serves and they broke the record for combined aces in a match by netting 215. Each man also broke the world record for individual aces in a match. Isner finished with 112 and Mahut with 103. This match will overshadow anything else that happens at Wimbledon this year, and will be the talk of the tennis and sports worlds for weeks to come. This is one of those moments in sports history where people will remember where they were when it happened.

I can tell you exactly where I was for the marathon match, as well as McDowell’s U.S. Open victory, and the perfect attempts of Halladay and Gallaraga. I was sitting on my couch watching the magic unfold. Cheering, booing, feeling the pain of the players, and MAKING MONEY. That’s right, I was making money while sitting on my couch watching sports history unfold before my eyes. You may wonder how this is possible, and I would be more than happy to share. I was making money with CashCrate.

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