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2014 World Series: Figuring out Royals' loss

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.

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

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

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