Oops! Fox Loses Power During Broadcast of World Series Game 1

The World Series game opener between the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals was marred by unprecedented drama thanks to a blackout in the fourth inning that lasted for an excruciating four minutes.

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FOX lost power to their generators that were helping transmit the game. Technicians frantically worked to get the signal up and running again.

The game itself also came to a halt because the signal loss meant neither team had instant replay.

Upset fans took to social media to mock the outage.

Found the cause of the Fox blackout pic.twitter.com/d3MsiCffvN

— Shaun Newkirk (@Shauncore) October 28, 2015

Fox's crew during the blackout. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/0KCNUP06YF

— Bradley Gelber (@BradleyGelber) October 28, 2015

Fox is pitching a two-hit blackout. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/RCV83f0TmK

— Butch Maier (@ButchMaier) October 28, 2015

@OldHossRadbourn Fox News blames blackout on liberal conspiracy. pic.twitter.com/CCs2HNkGQ9

— Fat Guys Run (@FatGuysRun) October 28, 2015

Once the problem was fixed, the game entered the history books as the longest World Series opener ever.

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The game lasted for a whopping five hours and 19 minutes in a 14 inning heart-stopper which resulted in the Royals winning 5 to 4.

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