Baseball fans were outraged after MLB TV experienced a "black out" during the league's opening day Thursday, with some fans jokingly blaming it on Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
"MLB TV not working during literally their most important day of the year is so classic MLB. Charging $150/year and then not providing a working product/service is quite the racket!!" x user @jaycTony wrote.
MLB TV not working during literally their most important day of the year is so classic MLB.
— Tony (@jaycTony) March 27, 2025
Charging $150/year and then not providing a working product/service is quite the racket!! pic.twitter.com/EyT5TlhP4T
Independent journalist Aaron Rupar shared his frustration in an X post accompanied by a "Dumb and Dumber" GIF. In it, Jim Carrey's character Lloyd Christmas laments, "We got no food. We got no jobs. Our pet's heads are fallin' off."
MLB TV down on opening day pic.twitter.com/WFHv5Fx02d
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 27, 2025
"Moron Musk and his fellow crook underlings at DOGE even ruining baseball in 2025," another user joked.
Moron Musk and his fellow crook underlings at DOGE even ruining baseball in 2025. https://t.co/pm0Sb5DrPz
— Andrew Jerell Jones, Luke 1:37 (BlueSky too now) (@sluggahjells) March 27, 2025
"MLB.TV not working on Opening Day is 25/10 on the That Can't Happen Scale," joked @CespedesBBQ.
https://t.co/8Sy4xPANBG not working on Opening Day is a 25/10 on the That Can't Happen Scale
— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) March 27, 2025
Others criticized the platform for also failing to acknowledge the outage.
"Absolutely unconscionable level of incompetence. Extra salt is they haven't even acknowledged it anywhere and are still advertising it. Poor casual fan gonna decide to purchase for the first time today," @Baseball_EBITDA wrote.
Absolutely unconscionable level of incompetence. Extra salt is they haven’t even acknowledged it anywhere and are still advertising it.
— RT (@Baseball_EBITDA) March 27, 2025
Poor casual fan gonna decide to purchase for the first time today.
Throughout the day, 28 of the 30 Major League Baseball teams were scheduled to play across 14 games, the first of which started at 3:05 p.m. in the Bronx with the New York Yankees taking on the Milwaukee Brewers. It was around this time the platform saw a spike in reported outages, per Downdetector.
The outage was ongoing as of 5:00 p.m. EST, with internet users encouraging one another to find a different platform to stream their game of choice.
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