This well-placed YouTube ad on the World Series broadcast drove people crazy

An ad was behind home plate for Game 1 of the World Series between the Dodgers and Astros in Los Angeles, and it annoyed many viewers. However, YouTube likely got a good laugh out of it.

The ad was for YouTubeTV, and made it appear to the viewer like the Fox broadcast was a YouTube video, with the red YouTube play button placed in the middle of the screen.

This is excellent advertising — and trolling — by YouTube:

It also led to some excellent trolling on Twitter (I fell for this one).

Oh, man, you absoultely have to stop what you're doing right now and watch this video. pic.twitter.com/l44kJoi208

— Grant Brisbee (@GrantBrisbee) October 25, 2017

And it especially led to many fans on Twitter complaining about the distraction:

This #WorldSeries @youtube ad is distracting lol. #Astros #Dodgers #EarnHistory pic.twitter.com/DDh7GZHQZ2

— Stephanie Stradley (@StephStradley) October 25, 2017

https://twitter.com/MinicarPics164/status/922981892596539392

Is the YouTube logo behind home plate annoying anyone else? #WorldSeries

— Chris Wolf (@ChrisWolfDC) October 25, 2017

please raise your hand if you have ever felt personally victimised by the YouTube logo behind home plate at the World Series

— whitneymcintosh.bsky.social (@WhitneyM02) October 25, 2017

That YouTube button is the most infuriating thing behind home plate since Angel Hernandez. #WorldSeries

— A Blog of Their Own (@BlogOfTheirOwn) October 25, 2017

That YouTube play button in he middle of my tv is freakin me out….man. #WorldSeries #dodgers pic.twitter.com/xXXUw7giLU

— cudaball (@cudaball) October 25, 2017

https://twitter.com/chris_mutter/status/922990018142064642

https://twitter.com/KathrineB/status/922985928037199872

#FoxSports remove the you tube ad behind home plate-the red arrow logo too distracting!

— Peter Thompson (@petermthom) October 25, 2017

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