But then a dramatic home run in the bottom of the ninth versus an ace closer to tie the game and send it into extra innings. What happened next? Viewers saw a graphic of the Fox Sports banner with the following message: “We are experiencing technical difficulties please stand by”.
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Replay was restored to both clubhouses around 9:40 p.m. ET, according to Rosenthal. In his adopted hometown for speeches and fundraisers, Barack Obama was courtside for much of the game – a good omen as the first game got a 2.7 MM rating to rise 42% over last year’s opening-night Game 1. But to decide whether to make such a challenge, managers need access to the TV feed.
Fox Sports had a worse day at Game 1 of the World Series than Mets center fielder Yoenis Cespedes.
The issue affected the video-replay system. Lorenzo Cain stole second and Harvey went after Moustakas with first base open and two outs.
In a statement, Fox Sports put the outage down to “a rare electronics failure caused both the primary and backup generators inside the FOX Sports production compound”.
“At this point we are not really sure”, he said.
Game 1 of the World Series was delayed for more than five minutes after Fox Sports’ telecasts of the game was bumped off the air. Buck, Reynolds and Verducci did an outstand job of not over hyping things and talking about the game as it unfolded.
Once Fox doubled down and fed in the Major League Baseball Network feed that worldwide audiences were watching, the trolling of Joe Buck began. The delay of game was called because the outage meant that both teams and umpires had no way of accessing the instant replay feed, Fox said. This resulted in a seven-minute delay of the game.
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Finally, at 9:44, Fox had its signal back – and the announcers had to return to their original seats. The same one had been used throughout the League Championship Series and a few Division Series, but the rental company has a forensic team investigating to see whether it was an electronics issue or, less likely, a problem with the fuel.
