Two years before the first video appeared on YouTube and more than three years before Netflix added a streaming option to its DVD rental service, baseball fans have been able to stream baseball games live on MLB.TV. It’s an OG video streamer. And that’s live video streaming — Netflix’s first livestream didn’t happen until 2023.
Since its debut in 2003, MLB.TV has become an indispensable part of the baseball season for millions of fans. For anyone who lives outside their favorite team’s TV market, it has provided a reliable way to watch the vast majority of their team’s games during the six-month, 162-game regular season. Plus, it shows nearly every other out-of-market game each night.
Blackout restrictions have been the biggest drawback to the service; not only are your local team’s games blacked out on MLB.TV, but you also miss out any time your team is included in a national broadcast. In
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