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Fox Sports 1 can’t switch over to UFC fast enough

The fledgling channel thought that they were going to air a baseball game. They ended up airing two and got the hell out of there.

Matt King

The Nationals and Giants played the longest postseason game in baseball history. The longest postseason game in baseball history. The problem is that Fox Sports 1 was planning to air their UFC Fight Night, which I’ll guess is a really, really big and expensive deal for them. They put the punchy-kick jamboree on FX for the second half of the 18-inning game.

Then the game ended. Back to the studio!

Well, that will go down as one of the most ex

Can’t blame them. But it’s still funny to see a network so proud of their postseason coverage in such a hurry to kick baseball out of the window and throw its hat and umbrella after it. GTFO, baseball. Kindly.

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