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Why were Oakland A's minor league players served Fyre Festival-esque food? Here's what we found out.

On Tuesday evening, the Advocates for Minor Leaguers Twitter account posted side-by-side images of recent meals served to minor-league baseball players in the Oakland A's organization. The spread — two floppy pieces of white bread and an unheated slice of American cheese next to the world's saddest soft taco — almost immediately went viral. People on social media compared the A's meals to the infamous photos of the cuisine at Fyre Festival, a fraudulently marketed music event.

A's President Dave Kaval wasted no time confirming the authenticity of the pictures, tweeting, "This was totally unacceptable.