Cubs Twitter Account Posts Final Score As Game Is Happening, Turns Out To Be Accurate Anyway
By Jon Graef in News on Aug 10, 2014 3:30PM
What's not surprising is that the Chicago Cubs lost their second game in a row to the Tamba Bay Rays, in a 4-0 shutout. What is perhaps surprising, though, is that the Chicago Cubs Twitter account Tweeted the final score of the game during the ninth inning.
Final score: #Rays 4, #Cubs 0.
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 9, 2014They later apologized, then explained how the mistake happened in the first place.
#Cubs fans, we apologize for the accidental update sent before the game ended a moment ago. It was a mistake and shouldn't have happened.
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 9, 2014@BuddenJ22 We work collaboratively on game updates with the league, and unfortunately, a mistake was sent before our game ended today.
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 10, 2014While a mistake like this indeed shouldn't happen, it perhaps isn't the worst case of jumping the gun.
Oh well. At least the Sox won.