Fans hoping to watch the first pitch of the San Francisco Giants' 2020 season as it happened were instead treated to a commercial for software company Rimini Street as well as the beginning of what was almost assured to be a riveting ad for Stamps.com.
ESPN, which was responsible for broadcasting the Giant's season opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers to a national audience, missed the first pitch of the game because the network was on a commercial break.
The Stamps.com ad was abruptly cut off for a return to the action, where viewers could see the pitch count stood at one on the score chyron and there was a runner already on base.