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Fans miss the walk-off ALCS homer vs. Yankees of the Guardians after an outage on Hulu Live
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Fans miss the walk-off ALCS homer vs. Yankees of the Guardians after an outage on Hulu Live

Score another win for cable TV, as the streaming platform Hulu had a nightmare during the Guardians’ ALCS Game 3 win over the Yankees on Thursday night.

Many fans rushed to social media during the fateful 10th inning to express their dissatisfaction with the Disney-owned streaming giant as their live sports viewing came to a jarring halt before David Fry’s two-run walk-off homer off Clay Holmes broke the lead cut from the Yankees. to 2-1.

Hulu Live TV fell apart during key moments on Thursday. X, @crunkilton22

“Two playoff baseball games, NFL, college football and @hulu just stop working. If this is not resolved within 2 minutes, I will switch to YouTube TV. This is a fucking joke and a waste of money,” X account @crunkilton22 posted to X on Friday morning in a post with 1,300 likes.

Hulu users missed David Fry’s walk-off homer. DAVID MAXWELL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

The disaster for the streaming platform stems from a Buffalo Wild Wings commercial, with the game coming out just as it was reaching its peak.

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Dave Fry and the Guardians celebrate the big win. AP

Coincidentally, the price increase happened on the same day as the service outage.

“The company is also increasing prices on ESPN+, which will increase by $1 to $11.99 per month, and on Hulu With Live TV, which will increase by $6 per month to $82.99, including Hulu’s ad tiers and Disney+, and up to $95.99. for the ad-free tiers,” The Hollywood Reporter wrote in August. “All price increases will take effect on October 17.”


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If we approach the same costs as cable, this is a big loss for the streaming fanatics, as perhaps the most important day to operate effectively is when you ask for more money from the working class.

Thursday’s game turned out to be a classic, although Yankees fans won’t remember it that way.

Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton tied the game back-to-back and then took the lead in the eighth inning before the Guardians rallied in the ninth to send the game to extra innings.

Fry’s two-run homer kept the Guardians’ World Series dream alive and put pressure on the Yankees heading into Friday’s Game 4, with Luis Gil getting the start.