Mariners provide comic relief after election night autocorrect error
The Seattle Mariners and the Twittersphere added a little comic relief to election night Tuesday after autocorrect ambushed a former Medicare administrator.
In Maine, voters approved Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act after their governor previously vetoed expanding the program.
Andy Slavitt, who helped administer Medicaid for the Barack Obama administration, made note of this with a Tuesday evening tweet that read, “BREAKING: 80,000 Mariners will get Medicaid coverage. The people overturned (Gov. Paul) LePage's veto.”
About an hour later, he offered a correction: “And Mainers. Damn you autocorrect.”
The Mariners decided to have a little fun with the error.
“We...we don’t have that many players,” was the response from the team’s official account.
We...we don’t have that many players.
— Mariners (@Mariners) November 8, 2017
Then came an array of baseball-themed jokes. Perhaps the best coming from @MediumRichie: “With that many players, you'd really think the Mariners could field a decent team.”
Here’s a sample of the responses:
With that many players, you'd really think the Mariners could field a decent team.
— Richard Andrews (@MediumRichie) November 8, 2017
I would have thought the Mariners would have settled for a quality starting pitcher, a first baseman and a center fielder this off-season.
— Mark Stryker (@Mark_Stryker) November 8, 2017
— Steve Klise (@steveklise) November 8, 2017
Mainers. Although a lot of us do spend time on the ocean, so that sorta works...?
— Wannabe Charlotte (@wannabecharlott) November 8, 2017
Wow... I don't follow baseball that closely but the MLB has really expanded the rosters.
— Barbara Seiders (@eigenseide) November 8, 2017
The Seattle Mariners players are obviously too wealthy for Medicaid. But very nice gesture by the voters exactly across the country to care abut those pulled hammies and Tommy John surgeries.
— Ari Odzer (@ariodzernbc6) November 8, 2017
So that includes their minor-league affiliates, I guess...
— Douglas Gorney (@Gorneaux) November 8, 2017
— Zanders (@Zach_Anders) November 8, 2017
Wow, Seattle’s got a deep bench. #mariners #mainers
— Maggie Diamond (@getmaggied) November 8, 2017
The salary cap has gotten out of control
— Adammmmmm (@kitten__cannon) November 8, 2017
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This story was originally published November 8, 2017 at 1:44 PM with the headline "Mariners provide comic relief after election night autocorrect error."