NEW YORK (CNN/Money) -
One unexpected place that distraught Red Sox fans can look for solace Friday is on the editorial page of the New York Post, one of the hometown papers of the team's rival.
The Post redid 12 inside pages, as well of the front and back of the tabloid, early Friday to get in the result of the come-from-behind victory of the New York Yankees over the Red Sox, a game that ended after midnight and knocked the Boston team out of the World Series.
But someone on the paper staff grabbed the wrong version of the two editorials that had been prepared to comment on the game. The one that did run bemoaned the Yanks' loss to the Red Sox.
"Despite holding a 3-2 lead in games over the Boston Red Sox, the Yankees couldn't get the job done at home; their season ended last night in the seventh game of the American League Championship Season," said the editorial, which ran under the headline "A Curse of Their Own." It ended up with the old Brooklyn Dodgers' cry of "Wait'll next year!"
Editor-In-Chief Col Allan said that the editorial ran in about 200,000 copies of the paper Friday. The paper, a unit of News Corp. (NWS: down $0.18 to $34.41, Research, Estimates), has an average daily circulation of 650,000.
"Someone here made an error. It's as simple as that," he said. "It's not good, but it's human error. These things happen."
News Corp. did have a nice victory from the game, though. The game was broadcast on Fox (FOX: down $0.35 to $29.65, Research, Estimates), which is majority-owned by the Australia-based media conglomerate. The game drew a very strong rating, with 21.1 percent of U.S. homes tuned in and 32 percent of televisions in use turned to the game, according to an initial measure of viewership in the nation's largest markets from Neilsen Media Research.
Fox Sports President Ed Goren said Thursday before the much-anticipated game that advertisers were scrambling to get spots on the air during the game. But he said despite strong ratings for this year's baseball post-season, the network will continue to lose money on the broadcasts due to rights fees paid to Major League Baseball.
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