Have any of you ever tried MLB.tv? I did for a month a year ago or so, but found it to be slow and the selection of games has the same limting feeling that the MLB Extra Innings Package does. These things might be more interesting if they allowed you to watch ANY game by ANY team with ANY feed you wanted.
There’s a great article about MLB.TV online today here; you should go check it out.
I’ve been a subscriber to Gameday Audio for as long as they’ve had it on MLB.Com now (about 5, maybe 6 years I think?) Anyway, it’s a great value – $15 for the whole season, all games, all feeds, plus archives. Yes, it’s audio only, but I have to recommend it over the TV option.
UPDATE Monday evening: Since I posted that article, this really cool article turned up on Baseball Prospectus, it’s about the future of MLB.TV. If they could solve the streaming problem, this could be really cool. It’d be perfect if there were no restrictions on what games I could watch. I understand local blackouts, but non local games? I should be able to see whatever I want – and I’m talking to you Peter Angelos and Comcast. Shame on you.
I use mlb.tv and it’s great. I used to only get to see 4 or 5 Ranger games all season, because that’s all that were televised up here, now I can see them all, if I’m home for them. I’m in Knik, Alaska, so it’s usually the Seattle Mariners being televised up here. I lived in Irving, TX from 1987-94 and went to a lot of the Ranger games down there.