March 7, 2024
UPDATE
“Friday Evening Baseball” returns to Apple TV+ on March 29
Weekly doubleheaders start with the New York Yankees on the Houston Astros, and the St. Louis Cardinals on the Los Angeles Dodgers
Apple and Main League Baseball (MLB) introduced that “Friday Evening Baseball,” a weekly doubleheader, can be accessible to Apple TV+ subscribers on Fridays all through the 2024 common season. Followers in 60 international locations and areas can take pleasure in two marquee matchups over 26 weeks with no native broadcast restrictions. “Friday Evening Baseball” will start on opening weekend of the 2024 season — Friday, March 29 — with a number of the recreation’s greatest stars taking heart stage. Protection begins at 7:30 p.m. ET with Juan Soto, Aaron Choose, and the new-look New York Yankees lineup taking over the Houston Astros. And starting at 9:30 p.m. ET, Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and the Los Angeles Dodgers will host the St. Louis Cardinals.
Apple and MLB additionally introduced the “Friday Evening Baseball” recreation schedule for the primary half of the season, via June 28.
“We’re so excited to carry followers one other nice season of ‘Friday Evening Baseball’ on Apple TV+,” stated Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice chairman of Providers. “We’ve got an impressive lineup of video games for Apple TV+ subscribers to look at throughout all their favourite units, and an unbelievable group of gifted broadcasters returning to carry followers nearer to the video games each week.”
“Friday Evening Baseball” welcomes again the distinctive group of broadcast expertise from final season to the announcer cubicles, together with Wayne Randazzo (play-by-play), Dontrelle Willis (analyst), Heidi Watney (sideline reporter), Alex Faust (play-by-play), Ryan Spilborghs (analyst), and Tricia Whitaker (sideline reporter). Ted Barrett, Brian Gorman, and Dale Scott — all former MLB umpires — will break down guidelines and calls every week. Sport assignments for announcers can be shared on a weekly foundation.
Lauren Gardner additionally returns to host dwell pre- and postgame protection, together with former MLB participant and analyst Xavier Scruggs, and baseball journalist Russell Dorsey. On March 29, the “Friday Evening Baseball” pregame present previewing the Cardinals vs. Dodgers and Yankees vs. Astros video games can be hosted dwell from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, that includes unique participant interviews and extra. Pregame protection can be hosted dwell from numerous stadiums all through the season, together with from Residents Financial institution Park in Philadelphia on Could 3 to preview the Giants vs. Phillies and Blue Jays vs. Nationals video games, and from Yankee Stadium on June 7 to preview the Dodgers vs. Yankees and Twins vs. Pirates video games.
“Friday Evening Baseball” is produced by MLB Community’s Emmy Award-winning manufacturing crew in partnership with Apple’s dwell sports activities manufacturing crew, bringing viewers an unparalleled viewing expertise. Every recreation will function state-of-the-art cameras to current vivid live-action pictures, and supply immersive sound in 5.1 with Spatial Audio enabled. “Friday Evening Baseball” will once more make the most of drone cameras for stunning aerial stadium pictures, in addition to participant mics and field-level mics to immerse followers within the gameplay and stadium environment. Followers within the U.S. and Canada may also have the choice to take heed to the audio of the house and away groups’ native radio broadcasts throughout “Friday Evening Baseball” video games.1
In Apple Sports activities, followers can observe MLB and their favourite MLB groups now, with full MLB stats and scores accessible starting opening day. Apple Sports activities is a brand new a free app for iPhone that provides sports activities followers entry to real-time scores, stats, and extra.2 Designed for velocity and ease, the app’s personalised expertise places customers’ favourite leagues and groups entrance and heart, that includes an easy-to-use interface designed by Apple.
Starting March 28, followers within the U.S. can benefit from the MLB Massive Inning whip-around present that includes dwell look-ins and in-game highlights each weeknight, and a full slate of MLB-related content material on Apple TV+, together with Countdown to First Pitch, MLB Every day Recap, and MLB This Week. Followers may also entry extra MLB programming without spending a dime within the Apple TV app, together with condensed recreation recaps after the completion of the dwell “Friday Evening Baseball” broadcasts every week; basic video games; highlights and interviews; and extra.
This season, DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS will once more be the unique nationwide residence of “Friday Evening Baseball” for business institutions within the U.S. DIRECTV will ship all of the motion to its community of greater than 300,000 eating places, bars, resort lounges, retail outlets, and different venues all through the common season on present satellite tv for pc gear.
In Apple Information, followers can simply observe the league and their favourite groups within the MLB feed, and watch personalised MLB highlights proper within the Information app. Every Friday, followers may also entry a curated group of essentially the most thrilling tales from across the league, and faucet to look at “Friday Evening Baseball” instantly within the Apple TV app with a subscription to Apple TV+. In Apple Music, followers can discover unique official playlists that includes the walk-up songs from every week’s groups, in addition to a group of basic songs celebrating baseball.
Apple TV+ subscribers can watch “Friday Evening Baseball” on the Apple TV app, which comes preinstalled on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, in addition to on-line at television.apple.com. The Apple TV app can also be accessible on choose good TVs, together with Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Sony, TCL, VIZIO, and others; Amazon Hearth TV and Roku units; PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles; Chromecast with Google TV; and set-top bins, together with Sky Q, SK Broadband, and Comcast Xfinity. Extra data is out there at apple.com/apple-tv-app. Followers can observe the motion of each recreation this MLB season proper on their iPhone Lock Display with Dwell Actions.3 And with the multiview function on Apple TV 4K units and iPad, followers can watch as much as 4 simultaneous streams, together with “Friday Evening Baseball” video games, Main League Soccer matches, and choose MLS and MLB dwell exhibits.4
2024 “Friday Evening Baseball” Schedule on Apple TV+
Friday, March 29
New York Yankees at Houston Astros
8 p.m. ET
St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers
10 p.m. ET
Friday, April 5
New York Mets at Cincinnati Reds
6:30 p.m. ET
Houston Astros at Texas Rangers
8 p.m. ET
Friday, April 12
Milwaukee Brewers at Baltimore Orioles
7 p.m. ET
Chicago Cubs at Seattle Mariners
9:30 p.m. ET
Friday, April 19
Texas Rangers at Atlanta Braves
7 p.m. ET
Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants
10 p.m. ET
Friday, April 26
St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets
7 p.m. ET
Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox
7:30 p.m. ET
Friday, Could 3
San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies
6:30 p.m. ET
Toronto Blue Jays at Washington Nationals
6:30 p.m. ET
Friday, Could 10
Arizona Diamondbacks at Baltimore Orioles
7 p.m. ET
Kansas Metropolis Royals at Los Angeles Angels
9:30 p.m. ET
Friday, Could 17
Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays
7 p.m. ET
Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Guardians
7 p.m. ET
Friday, Could 24
Milwaukee Brewers at Boston Purple Sox
7 p.m. ET
Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox
7:30 p.m. ET
Friday, Could 31
Detroit Tigers at Boston Purple Sox
7 p.m. ET
Los Angeles Angels at Seattle Mariners
10 p.m. ET
Friday, June 7
Minnesota Twins at Pittsburgh Pirates
6:30 p.m. ET
Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees
7 p.m. ET
Friday, June 14
Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners
10 p.m. ET
Los Angeles Angels at San Francisco Giants
10 p.m. ET
Friday, June 21
Arizona Diamondbacks at Philadelphia Phillies
6:30 p.m. ET
Atlanta Braves at New York Yankees
7 p.m. ET
Friday, June 28
Houston Astros at New York Mets
7 p.m. ET
San Diego Padres at Boston Purple Sox
7 p.m. ET
Pricing and Availability
Apple TV+ is out there for $9.99 (U.S.) per thirty days with a seven-day free trial. For a restricted time, eligible clients who buy and activate a brand new Apple system can take pleasure in three months of Apple TV+ without spending a dime.
- Radio broadcasts for the Los Angeles Angels can be found just for the crew’s residence video games. In Canada, radio broadcasts can be found just for Toronto Blue Jays residence video games.
- Apple Sports activities is free to obtain for customers within the U.S., the U.Ok, and Canada, and is out there for all iPhone fashions working iOS 17.2 or later.
- Dwell Actions is supported on iOS 16.1 and later.
- Multiview is supported on iPad (seventh era) or later.
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