Comments on: Quick App: MLB At Bat 2009 for iPhone

By: gary.clark

gary.clark — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:27:37 +0000

Same error occurred with me. The support person has stopped returning my e-mails now.

Has anyone found any resolution?

The audio error only occurred after I downloaded the 3.0 software. It's for all the radio broadcasts. And my when I'm watching the TV broadcast on my iphone, I can hear and see everything just fine.

By: jk

jk — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:35:33 +0000

im having the same audio error problem. im on 3g, any suggestions?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:47:41 +0000

It seems as though everyone is having a prolem with the audio, hope they fix it soon

By: manuscotty

manuscotty — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:07:05 +0000

My audio won’t work. It says it’s connecsting then stops and give me an error message. Anybody else having this problem? Any suggestions?

By: John

John — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:44:03 +0000

Can’t believe people are knocking this. I don’t care to pay for an XM subscription when I have Pandora on my iPhone, but being a Met fan who moved to Chicago and now being able to hear my Mets on my phone anywhere…I’m literally weeping with joy here especially being able to get the home broadcast. Sure I had mlb.tv and the live audio on the PC last year, but that did me no good in the car. $5 a month? That’s chump change for something that brings me that much happiness.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:06:09 +0000

I loved last year’s app, even used it at the ballpark for instant replays. I also subscribe to MLB Audio (just renewed) at $15 and was hoping that I could bind the new 2009 app to that. Did I hear that the new app will let you listen to your own team’s broadcasters? It would be cool to use my iPhone to listen to games broadcast by my pals Jon Miller and Dave Flemming, using the iPhone as a portable KNBR radio as it were. Away games (and the occasionally missed home game) live on my iPhone? Yes, I’d pay for that.

By: Lon

Lon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:40:22 +0000

I figured out how to stream games to my iPhone from my computer. I have the $15 internet subscription to gameday audio. I use something called Audio HiJack Pro to capture the audio from the MLB player, then I stream the mp3 file I captured through something called iPhone remote. There are a few steps to get this set up, but it works great. And, it’s free.

By: NYiphoner

NYiphoner — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:19:26 +0000

Have any of you guys seen the Lewis CK bit from Conan... we kind of all sound like the people he describes in this day and age. Do you realize how amazing it is that on my phone no matter where I am traveling for work I will be able to listen to my Yankees as they implode another season? And likely for a nominal fee that I can make up by drinking my crappy free work coffee for a week instead of stopping at the good shop on the corner.

Oh and if I don't want to pay I can use the lite app with a great interface and pitch by pitch coverage.

By: Billy mac

Billy mac — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:14:26 +0000

I was thinking about this app just the otherday. Gameday audio is $15 for the season, I’m expecting the 2009 app to cost just that. I think if they make it more expensive than that no one will buy it. It’ll be a tough decision for me, I’m on the fringe of the phillies broatcast area, I’ve been listening on xm the last few years, but dropped the sub last month. If it comes in at 15 I think I’ll do it. Another note to people complaining about the price, last season for non-iphone owners MLB offered a similar service except it sent you video links via text message and had no interface at all and cost $3 or $4 a month. The $5 app was a good deal. If you just wanted scores the app wasn’t for you.

By: rootbeersoup

rootbeersoup — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:22:35 +0000

They will more than likely charge a flat rate… Like $50. And then decrease that amount as the season goes on so you’re essentially paying month to month

What annoys me is that I already paid $110 for a premium MLB.TV subscription which includes audio as well… Maybe they’ll make it coincide with the desktop subscription? Ah who am I kidding…

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:07:21 +0000

Again, well aware of what they said last year. My point is if they charge a subscription fee why not just upgrade last years app.

By: icebike

icebike — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:49:19 +0000

I had the paid app last year.

They do NOT (did not last year anyway) require a subscription in addition to the APP.

So it was 4.95 for the whole year, but it did not include live audio, but did include pitch by pitch, play by play in game data for every game for the entire season, as well as video highlights.

When you bought the App, it CLEARLY STATED it was for ONE SEASON ONLY. So, it was not double dipping last year.

Adding streaming live audio for every game is a significant improvement to the service. Especially if you travel out of market and want to follow your favorite team.

So a subscription may be needed this year, in which case it WOULD be double dipping unless it came with a code to download the app for free.

Too bad the iphone battery really can't handle this type of load. Listening to a two or three hour audio stream will likely exhaust it before the game is over.

By: JackD.

JackD. — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:01:36 +0000

You’re right. I’m sorry.

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:59:11 +0000

And let me add – what I said above is if they make you pay a subscription fee on top of paying for the app. If and that is a big if there is just one simple price for the app and all of the streaming – then that’s fine.

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:57:58 +0000

@Jason, people paid for this app last year already… that is double dipping. All MLB did was add in game audio. Any other app would apply a simple update to the app instead of making people pay – again. Glad I’m not a hardcore baseball fan.

By: rufus

rufus — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:18:03 +0000

I already listen to the games on my portable XM radio. As long as they stay in business I’ll be fine.

By: killer

killer — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:04:15 +0000

@JackD keep your lame comments to yourself. If you don’t like baseball why click on the comments field? All around awesome app. Totally used it every day. The stats are up to the second. Who could ask for more? Live game audio would be super. I can’t wait.

By: hardcharger

hardcharger — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:03:49 +0000

I subscribe to gameday audio already via MLB.com. I wonder if they’ll make us pay another subscription for the pleasure of listening away from the computer via the iphone?

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:01:03 +0000

This is totally in keeping with the monetizing of MLB.com Digital Media that began 5-6 years ago. They are essentially taking a subscription model and applying to the App Store by forcing you to purchase a different app for each season (i.e. purchasing your subscription).

The Gameday Audio and MLB.TV features have been big money-makers for them over the last few years, and there's no reason to believe they will back off now, especially with the popularity of the iPhone. Ultimately, MLB.com is a business, and their business model has shown that fans are willing to pay for these services. Double-dipping? I don't think so. The app and the service are two different things that happen to work well together this year. You don't want to pay for that, then you have MLB.com At Bat Lite.

By: happiicamper

happiicamper — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:14:29 +0000

this is an awesome program!!!

By: Christopher Vitek

Christopher Vitek — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:59:20 +0000

I am annoyed.