Hard to believe that this happened in this day and age:
This past Sunday, in the game between the Los Angeles Angels and Oakland A's, played in Oakland, the Angels' relief pitcher Chris Bootcheck threw what turned out to be the last pitch in the Halo's 7-3 12-inning loss to Oakland. The Athletics' Mark Ellis hit a walkoff grand slam home run.
Trouble was, TV viewers on KCOP in L.A. never got to see it.
Just before the pitch, the telecast went to color bars, then the screen went black, with the KCOP logo in one corner. After a commercial, Channel 13 began showing a 1997 movie, "Smilia's Sense of Snow", starring Julia Ormond.
Angels Vice President Tim Mead said that there was "...a communication issue on the production end that we're looking into."
The glitch resulted from problems between AT&T and Vyvx, the satellite carrier for Sunday's game. Production staff on site in Oakland took the necessary steps to extend the satellite window as the game had gone long (nearly four hours), but the connection went black at precisely 5pm.
Mead further said that "It wasn't a technical error. It was some kind of miscommunication between the parties who oversee the satellite feed."
Mead then added "We're going to get answers."
In the words of Howard Cosell: "Who goofed? I've got to know!"
This past Sunday, in the game between the Los Angeles Angels and Oakland A's, played in Oakland, the Angels' relief pitcher Chris Bootcheck threw what turned out to be the last pitch in the Halo's 7-3 12-inning loss to Oakland. The Athletics' Mark Ellis hit a walkoff grand slam home run.
Trouble was, TV viewers on KCOP in L.A. never got to see it.
Just before the pitch, the telecast went to color bars, then the screen went black, with the KCOP logo in one corner. After a commercial, Channel 13 began showing a 1997 movie, "Smilia's Sense of Snow", starring Julia Ormond.
Angels Vice President Tim Mead said that there was "...a communication issue on the production end that we're looking into."
The glitch resulted from problems between AT&T and Vyvx, the satellite carrier for Sunday's game. Production staff on site in Oakland took the necessary steps to extend the satellite window as the game had gone long (nearly four hours), but the connection went black at precisely 5pm.
Mead further said that "It wasn't a technical error. It was some kind of miscommunication between the parties who oversee the satellite feed."
Mead then added "We're going to get answers."
In the words of Howard Cosell: "Who goofed? I've got to know!"