MLB.tv comes to PlayStation
About five or six years ago I went into my son's bedroom where he was tuned in to a baseball game. I stood there for about three minutes, watching the action and commenting on the plays and players. Then I realized it wasn't a real game, but a video game. I'm not sure if it was a PlayStation, Sega or Nintendo he was playing, but it looked and sounded just like the real thing. I was amazed and surprised that I was duped into thinking I was watching live baseball.
Fast forward to today's announcement by MLB.tv and Sony PlayStation that real MLB games will be available live on through the game console. You don't need a computer, just an Internet connection and an account with MLB.tv to watch any game that's not blacked out in your area. Pricing starts at $19.95 a month or $99.95 a year.
The MLB.tv subscription is already accessible on certain mobile phones, Apple’s iPad and the Boxee Box and Roku devices that stream Web video to televisions. The addition of PlayStation widens the audience further, provided they're not already engaged in simulated games that mimic the real thing.
Back in the day, the only way I got to see Major League Baseball was on the NBC Saturday afternoon Game of the Week, or on Channel 9 — WGN in Chicago. WGN played almost every Cubs game and about one-third of the White Sox games. Had someone told me the day would come when games could be tuned in through a game console connected to a wide-screen set with surround sound, I would have laughed.
But I’m not laughing now. Pass the mustard, please. I'm settling in to watch a doubleheader.
