Baseball fans were furious after MLB.TV crashed at the start of 2025 Opening Day

[ASFN Admin]

Opening Day is finally here, which means we have actual baseball after 147 days of waiting (with the exception of a couple games in Japan). If only MLB could have gotten its streaming service ready in time.

As fans logged into MLB.TV to watch the early games on Thursday, many encountered error messages on multiple devices and browsers. The league promotes MLB.TV as the only way for fans to watch out-of-market games, and yet, on the first day of the regular season, the league was caught totally unprepared for the demand.

Through the first hour of games, the issue wasn't resolved — though MLB's support Twitter/X account told users that it expected a resolution shortly.

So https://t.co/ff7u13tkuz is just broken on Opening Day

You can't make this stuff up

Major League Baseball nailing it again pic.twitter.com/njQvHP4v3C

— Ryan Knows Ball (@RyanKnowsBall) March 27, 2025

Needless to say, fans were furious about the embarrassing technical issues. A serious league wouldn't let this happen.

This was how Twitter/X reacted​

Shoutout to https://t.co/ff7u13sMF1 for already not working for Game 1 of the season

Can’t watch Orioles-Blue Jays pic.twitter.com/RGN0U1UMXc

— Ryan Knows Ball (@RyanKnowsBall) March 27, 2025

https://t.co/9ntMaoriqV not working on Opening Day pic.twitter.com/ttGmaoKIXS

— Liam Skiffington (@liamskiffington) March 27, 2025

Well @MLBTV , sure would be nice if your service was working on opening day. Let ‘em know Bunk pic.twitter.com/mm2KHRKt8q

— Peter (@21hokie) March 27, 2025

MLB TV not working during literally their most important day of the year is so classic MLB.

Charging $150/year and then not providing a working product/service is quite the racket!! pic.twitter.com/EyT5TlhP4T

— Tony (@jaycTony) March 27, 2025

MLB TV not working on opening day is crazy work actually… pic.twitter.com/5554C9LBzO

— (@MJTheGamer_) March 27, 2025

BASEBALL FANS: Opening Day! Time to watch games all day.

MLB TV: pic.twitter.com/9pWEzFDWve

— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) March 27, 2025

We pay $150 to get a non-functional @MLBTV app on #OpeningDay

And they wonder why baseball isn't the "national pastime" anymore. #LFGMpic.twitter.com/DjW5dsflH0

— Fantasy Buddha (@FantasyBuddha) March 27, 2025

“Just simply connect to our app and watch any MLB game you want”@MLBTV

It’s opening days guys, how incompetent do you have to be to not deliver the only service you deliver? pic.twitter.com/EqOC0Tz5Mm

— Dave Chidyllo (@dchidyllo) March 27, 2025

This article originally appeared on For The Win: Baseball fans were furious after MLB.TV crashed at the start of 2025 Opening Day

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