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The Indians played a joke on the Twins during Friday's game.
(Courtesy of @Indians on Twitter)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Scoreboard operators don't typically break news.
The Twins' scoreboard operator inadvertently fooled some into believing that trade scoops are part of the gig.
On Thursday evening, the Target Field scoreboard displayed a series of trade rumors, including Carlos Beltran to the Indians and Will Smith to the Mets. There was, however, no fine print that explained as much.
The Indians' Twitter account thanked the Twins for sparking an unwarranted inundation of inquiries and assessments of Beltran, the Yankees' 39-year-old outfielder.
The Indians poked fun at the Twins during Friday's series opener at Progressive Field. On the out-of-town scoreboards adorning the left-field wall, the Indians reported their own trade-deadline rumors.
The display read: "The Twins are in the market for a new scoreboard operator, source says."
No scoreboard operator is perfect, though. Prior to Friday's affair between Cleveland and Oakland, the ribbon scoreboards at Progressive Field matched Trevor Bauer with an Athletics logo and Coco Crisp with an Indians decal.