Kansas City TV station phrases World Series tweet very poorly

Kansas City CBS affiliate KCTV saw the way Tuesday night's Game 1 was headed and knew that some of their viewers would be looking for respite from the Royals' loss, so they decided to offer it to them in an extremely poorly worded tweet.

Kansas City CBS affiliate KCTV saw the way Tuesday night's Game 1 was headed in the World Series and knew some of their viewers would be looking for respite from the Royals' loss, so it decided to offer them an alternative in an extremely poorly worded tweet.

Whoops pic.twitter.com/zoAyllshwu

— Tom (@TJFsports) October 22, 2014

The news station realized the mistake quickly and apologized before offering a considerably less morbid version of the tweet.

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We worded that previous tweet horribly and we are very sorry. It has been deleted.

— KCTV5 News (@KCTV5) October 22, 2014

Need a break from the game? Watch our 10 p.m. news for the latest on this nice stretch of weather! http://t.co/23M4vI7v4k

— KCTV5 News (@KCTV5) October 22, 2014

The Royals lost the first game of the Fall Classic to the San Francisco Giants 7-1, marking their first loss of this postseason.

- Brendan Maloy