It couldn't have happened at a worse time.
Google Fiber suffered an outage in Kansas City on Tuesday night, causing many local fans to miss a chunk of Game 1 of the World Series between their beloved Royals and New York Mets.
What's worse is it came shortly before Fox, the national broadcaster of the World Series, experienced technical difficulties themselves, cutting off the game to millions of more viewers.
After tweeting an apology for the disrupted service, which reportedly took place before 8 p.m. and lasted up to multiple hours for some, Google Fiber also sent the following statement to Wired:
"On Tuesday night, some Google Fiber customers in Kansas City experienced a service outage. With the World Series playing, we know this was an important night for Kansas Citians, and we're sorry for the interruption. Our teams worked quickly to fix the issue, restoring service for most people within the hour. All service was restored by 10:15pm local time."
According to Wired, Google is still trying to pinpoint what caused the outage.
Fox, too, issued a statement to the media, as reported by Wired:
"Before the start of the bottom of the fourth inning of tonight's World Series Game 1, a rare electronics failure caused both the primary and backup generators inside the FOX Sports production compound to lose power. We apologize for the interruption in tonight's coverage and are working to ensure that the remainder of the World Series is broadcast without incident."
Fox got the World Series back on the air following a seven-minute delay by momentarily switching to its international broadcast via the MLB Network's feed. Over 20 minutes later, Fox was able to restore its full broadcast.
The baseball Gods were looking out for those who missed some of the action, though. That's because Game 1 became a 14-inning thriller, which ended with a walk-off sacrifice fly by Eric Hosmer to give the Royals a 5-4 win. The game marked the longest World Series opener in Major League Baseball history.
