One of the great things about TV sports watching over the years are the stories of VCR/DVR incidents. And I had one Friday/Saturday that I luckily got away with.

Who among us hasn’t forgotten to check the AM/PM on the VCR settings in the old days? How about recording a game, coming home, and then turning on the television only to discover that the game is still on because you left it on that channel?

And there isn’t a man, woman or child who hasn’t had the recording of a game run out because you didn’t add any extra time to the end. (There hasn’t been a game finish during a three-hour window in at least a decade.)

Game 3 of the World Series was hard on everybody. Eighteen innings can be tough to deal with … even for the players. For the viewing public? Fuhgeddaboudit!

While y’all were falling asleep, I was coming back from being across the state at a high school football game. So when I got home around midnight, I was thrilled to get bonus baseball. I watched as the Red Sox took a 2-1 lead, only to lose that lead in the bottom of the inning on an error.

More free baseball!

I hung in there for an inning or two, realized that my boat was taking on water, and reached for the remote to set the DVR. Because the program guide had long since passed for the game, I hit the record button for 3 shows that come on during the middle of the night (at least one of which is designed to enhance my … situation.)

When I got up Saturday, I carefully avoided those morning texts from friends who wanted to discuss the game —  as any DVRing sports fan knows to do — and strapped in to watch the 14th inning eight hours after it happened.

Then the 15th. Then the 16th. And the 17th.

Then I began to realize that the “remaining time” bar was slowly creeping toward the end. I was now going to watch a game that had been played hours earlier and STILL not know who won.

When Max Muncy of the Dodgers came to the plate in the bottom of the 18th inning. I had all of one minute left. I realized that if he didn’t hit a home run — and only a home run — within that minute, I had wasted parts of two days for nothing and would have to read about it on the internet.

“There’s a long fly ball to deep left center …” Magically, Max did just that. Dinger! Dodgers win 3-2.

At least I think they did, because I never actually saw Muncy touch home plate.

The DVR gods were smiling on me, at least for this one time.