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Twins TV launches with massive gaffe, showing intro package about Cleveland

That's not how the Twins' new television channel wanted to kick off Opening Day.
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Quite the mistake from Twins.TV on its very first day broadcasting regular season baseball.
Quite the mistake from Twins.TV on its very first day broadcasting regular season baseball. | Aaron Gleeman on X

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The Minnesota Twins' new Major League Baseball-produced TV channel got off to a rough start on Opening Day.

As it kicked off coverage on Thursday afternoon, Twins.TV ran the wrong intro package. Viewers were shown a video, narrated by Bob Costas, that was made for the new channel of the Cleveland Guardians, the Twins' biggest current rival.

It took about three minutes for someone to notice and fix the error, according to The Athletic's Aaron Gleeman.

The Twins, Guardians, and Brewers are joining the Rockies, Padres, and Diamondbacks this year in having their games produced and broadcast by MLB instead of a regional sports network.

It's been a rough day on the whole for Major League Baseball's TV broadcasts. MLB.TV, the subscription service that costs $150 annually and allows viewers to watch every out-of-market game not on national TV, was down for almost a full hour from the start of the opening slate of games at around 3 p.m. central time. Thousands of customers were treated to error messages on their TVs, computers, and mobile devices as they tried to tune in.

Twins fans weren't affected because their game against the Cardinals in St. Louis was hit with a rain delay. First pitch is expected to take place at 4:45 p.m. CT.

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WILL RAGATZ

Will Ragatz is a senior writer for Vikings On SI, who also covers the Twins, Timberwolves, Gophers, and other Minnesota teams. He is a credentialed Minnesota Vikings beat reporter, covering the team extensively at practices, games and throughout the NFL draft and free agency period. Ragatz attended Northwestern University, where he studied at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. During his time as a student, he covered Northwestern Wildcats football and basketball for SB Nation’s Inside NU, eventually serving as co-editor-in-chief in his junior year. In the fall of 2018, Will interned in Sports Illustrated’s newsroom in New York City, where he wrote articles on Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball for SI.com.

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