MLB fans were left in the dark Tuesday night when Fox's television broadcast of Game 1 of the World Series between the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals was interrupted by technical difficulties.
According to Eric Fisher of SportsBusiness Journal, this is the image televisions across the country were presented with when Fox's broadcast truck in Kansas City, Missouri, lost power:
The delay lasted five minutes, per Fisher, but play was stopped briefly as a result of the outage. According to Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal, the league's inability to view replays in New York resulted in the suspension of play.
USA Today's Bob Nightengale noted the delay could affect New York Mets starting pitcher Matt Harvey:
During the outage, Twitter users wasted no time having a field day with the proceedings.
The Providence Journal's Tim Britton drew similarities between Tuesday night's broadcast hiccup and a similar one during Super Bowl 47:
Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post jokingly pointed to a famous Fox stalwart as the outage culprit:
Awful Announcing dreamed of a world in which two eccentric TV personalities were able to entertain fans:
Grantland's Rembert Browne painted a picture of the panic that must have ensued inside the Fox truck:
Michael Klinck offered another humorous take on Fox trying to make a frantic fix:
ESPN broadcaster and former MLB pitcher Dallas Braden implied he was to blame:
CBS Sports' Will Brinson suggested an alternate placeholder while fans were left searching for answers:
Of course, the night wouldn't have been complete without everyone's favorite meme making an appearance, courtesy of Spike Lundberg:
Ultimately, the broadcast returned via MLB Network's international feed, per CNN's Rachel Nichols, and baseball enthusiasts were able to revel in the joy of the Fall Classic. Twenty-three minutes after the outage began, the domestic feed returned and order was restored, according to ESPN's Darren Rovell.
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