Programming decisions can sometimes be a lose-lose situation for a network, and that was especially the case for some baseball fans who were surprised to find that the playoffs took a backseat to a singing show.
Game 3 of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets, two of the richest teams in baseball, took a back seat and aired on Fox Sports 1 on Wednesday night. evening.
Instead of showing baseball on Fox, the main channel for those without cable access, the network decided to put an episode of ‘The Masked Singer’ in the same time slot.
Sports fans were outraged by the decision, considering how big the two teams are, and took to social media to express their displeasure.
“Sorry, but the NLCS airing on FS1 while Masked F*****g Singer airs on Fox is an embarrassment to MLB,” Sports Illustrated’s Jimmy Traina wrote.
Fans are outraged as Fox put playoff baseball on the back burner in favor of The Masked Singer
‘Let me get this straight, the NLCS with Shohei Ohtani is on FS1 while The Masked Singer of all things is on FOX?’ Has MLB come to this now?’ reads another complaint.
Another read: ‘The #NLCS features a team from Los Angeles and a team from New York and airs on FS1, the same place you’d normally find Indiana-Northwestern. It says a lot about baseball that FOX doesn’t believe it attracts larger numbers than Masked Singer.
The game itself was a bit boring as the Dodgers shut out the Mets 8-0 thanks to a solid performance from the pitchers.
Los Angeles starter Walker Buehler only allowed three hits and struck out six in his start.
This was followed by a strong bullpen performance from the group of Michael Kopech, Ryan Braiser, Blake Treinen and Ben Casparius, who combined to strike out nine Mets batters and only allowed one hit.
Not only that, but the Dodgers also had a big night with their bats, with home runs from Shohei Ohtani, Kike Hernandez and Max Muncy.
Los Angeles takes its 2-1 series lead into Game 4 tomorrow night. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is expected to start for the Dodgers, while the Mets hope to get stronger material from José Quintana.