Extra Innings is only good to watch at home unless you have a sling box. I choose to subscribe to MLB.TV because it’s portable. I absolutely love the new at bat app for iPod and iPhone. It allows me to watch or listen to games anywhere with my iPod, not just at my computer.

MLB.TV is cheaper than extra innings but it does have some technical issues at times. They totally overhauled their platform last year and it took a little bit to work out some of the kinks. The added features and the quality of the picture were worth it, in my opinion. I also like that you get to select the home or away broadcasts.

If you do subscribe, be prepared to deal with tech issues at time. My advice is if you are having issues with a tv stream, just switch to the audio to save yourself the aggravation. If HD is important to you, go with EI.

I live in Chicago so I don’t subscribe to get Cub games. I subscribe because the Cubs play so many day games, it gives me the chance to see a lot of other teams in the evenings. You get the audio too so that comes in handy to listen to games at work since I can’t get a radio signal.

EI always has a free trial the 1st week of the season so if you’ve never watched games that way, you can get a peek at what watching games using that option.

Apparently the roll-back is over. (Last year they rolled back prices $10.)

Turn it green.

I mean, jeez, we’re willing buyers, ready to pay money for content. It’s downright unAmerican!

What’s most infuriating to me is that they BLACK OUT GAMES THAT AREN’T SHOWN IN MY AREA! It just seems like a total loss for everyone – I have to believe there’d be some way that MLB and Fox or whoever could divide up the revenue and have it work out for everyone.

The blackout restrictions are a travesty.

I’d like to know how soon, too!

I’m assuming the week before ST games begin (at least for the iPhone). I sound like MLB and Apple and AT&T’s collective pimp, but I was unbelievably impressed by what I got for $10.

I watched a Cubs vs Braves game while traveling by boat from San Clemente Island to Los Angeles. On my phone.

then no. And again what MLB considers to be Chicago territory is just as shameful. I was once in an area outside of Illinois where I basically couldn’t see any regional games, as MLBAM considered it belonging to the Cubs, Sox, Reds, Cardinals, Brewers, and Indians. I kid you not.

How they can allow teams like the Twins and Royals to have “territorial rights” to areas to which they do NOT broadcast games is absolutely mystifying.

It might have made sense in the 1970’s when these rules began. It makes ZERO sense now.

To find out which Club’s live games are blacked out of the area where you will be watching the game, enter the zip code of that area here