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Safari extension highlight: MLB.com Toolbar

by Steven Sande (Jul 30th, 2010)

With the addition of the Safari Extensions Gallery to Apple's website over the last few days, TUAW will be highlighting extensions that we think are special, useful, or just plain fun. I'm a baseball fan, but other than my beloved Colorado Rockies and the rest of the NL West, I don't follow a ...

Foul Ball? MLB inserts ads into At Bat 2010 for iPad

by Mel Martin (Jun 2nd, 2010)

As soon as I tapped my way into MLB At Bat for the Mariners game last night, I couldn't help but notice an ad on the splash page, and other ads on screen on the Game Day desktop. Until now this innovative iPad app had been ad free, and at U.S. $14.99 a year, that made sense. Major League Baseball ...

TUAW First Look: Flick Baseball Pro

by Mike Schramm (May 5th, 2010)

Freeverse has released the latest title in their Flick Sports series, and Flick Baseball Pro is now out on the App Store for $2.99. We got a quick hands-on with the game right after release, and while it's a pretty good arcade-style baseball simulation, there are a few quirks and missing features ...

Apple played favorites with iPad access

by Mike Schramm (Apr 5th, 2010)

Boing Boing's Rob Beschizza has an insightful look at something that no one's really noticed yet: Apple definitely played favorites when it came to sharing the iPad. Here's the list of outlets and writers that got access to the iPad for an early review. You'll note that Boing Boing is on there, ...

American McGee's Crooked House, Zenonia 2, MLB World Series 2010 out now

by Mike Schramm (Mar 29th, 2010)

Here are a few games of note that have shown up in the App Store recently. Game developer American McGee made his debut on the iPhone without much fanfare in the form of a game called Crooked House -- it's a puzzle game based on an old nursery rhyme that's as dripping with atmosphere as most of ...

Flurry data: 44% of apps tested on the iPad are games

by Mike Schramm (Mar 23rd, 2010)

Sunday night on the Talkcast, we pointed out that we didn't know exactly which developers were getting those test iPads to play with. However, we might know just which apps they're testing. According to Flurry Analytics, who have (somehow) been watching traffic from the iPhone OS 3.2, 44% of the ...

CBS Sports March Madness app will stream your games live

by Mike Schramm (Mar 9th, 2010)

I'm much more of a baseball fan (go Cubs!), but of course it is now March, and that means college basketball is about to heat up. CBS Sports has now released an official March Madness On Demand app, and just like the great MLB iPhone app, this one also offers streaming video on demand of 63 March ...

MLB.com At Bat 2010 out now

by Mike Schramm (Mar 2nd, 2010)

Baseball season is almost here (Spring training starts this week), and with it comes a brand new version of Major League Baseball's great iPhone app. MLB.com At Bat 2010 is out now on the App Store, and for $14.99, you get the same great app you bought last year: live scores, streaming audio of all ...

Disney CEO calls iPad "a game changer"

by Dave Caolo (Feb 10th, 2010)

While discussing the iPad with the Associated Press on Tuesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger hinted at his company's plans for the iPad, and called it "a game changer." He gave brief examples of ideas they're throwing around for the iPad, including ESPN ScoreCenter and an interactive app for the ABC drama ...

At Bat ramps it up for the playoffs

by Dave Caolo (Oct 8th, 2009)

Major League Baseball's At Bat for the iPhone and iPod Touch is one of my all-time favorites. I've sung its praises before, so I'll spare you the details. Just know that At Bat brings real-time stats, streaming audio and video of pro baseball games to your iPhone and iPod touch. Last month they ...

MLB updates At Bat 2009 for iPhone, gives live streaming to MLB.TV users

by Mel Martin (Jul 21st, 2009)

If you're a baseball fan you already have it. If not, you're missing a lot, and now MLB has updated At Bat 2009 [App Store link] to include more video streaming for fans who already subscribe to MLB.TV. That means as of today, those subscribers can watch all the remaining games this season (subject ...

MLB is about to make a million dollars off an iPhone app

by Mike Schramm (Apr 28th, 2009)

Lots of developers are saying that they can't sell their apps at $9.99 in the App Store, but Major League Baseball is apparently the exception -- the $9.99 At Bat app is not only gaining accolades from users, but it's selling like nachos at the ballpark, too: with 130,000 copies sold so far this ...

MLB At Bat 2009 struck out, but now back in the game with bug fixes

by Mel Martin (Apr 11th, 2009)

Baseball fans were quite excited to learn that this years MLB.com At Bat 2009 iPhone app [App Store link], selling for $9.99US, would include game day audio. We reviewed the app in March and it received good notices but there was no audio to test at that time. Since baseball season began, the App ...

First Look: MLB.com At Bat 2009

by Steven Sande (Mar 30th, 2009)

Opening Day of the Major League Baseball 2009 season is just around the corner, and MLB.com At Bat 2009 (click opens iTunes) has been released. Beware -- this post contains bad baseball metaphors. This year's app has all the tools. After you agree to a list of Terms and Conditions as lengthy as a ...

MLB At Bat ready for 2009

by Dave Caolo (Mar 5th, 2009)

My all-time favorite iPhone app, MLB's At Bat [App Store link], is all new for the 2009 baseball season. For the uninitiated, At Bat provides nearly real-time statistics for ongoing games, including scoring, current batter and pitcher, stats, the count at the plate ... even video clips from a game ...