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Apple TV+ Shares 2023 Friday Night MLB Schedule, Subscription Now Required
“Friday Night Baseball” will include two live MLB games each Friday throughout the 2023 regular season. The games will be available to stream in 60 countries and regions, up from 13 last season, with no local broadcast restrictions. The action will begin on Friday, April 7, with the Chicago Cubs facing the Texas Rangers at 2 p.m. Eastern Time and the Atlanta Braves taking on the San Diego Padres at 7 p.m. Eastern Time.
In the U.S., DirecTV will make “Friday Night Baseball” games available to more than 300,000 restaurants, bars, hotel lounges, retail stores, and other venues throughout the regular season on existing satellite TV equipment, according to Apple.
Apple and the MLB shared the “Friday Night Baseball” schedule for the first half of the season, through June 30. Each game will feature “state-of-the-art cameras to present vivid live-action shots,” along with live pre-game and post-game coverage.
2023 “Friday Night Baseball” Schedule on Apple TV+
Friday, April 7
Texas Rangers at Chicago Cubs
2 p.m. ETSan Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves
7 p.m. ETFriday, April 14
San Francisco Giants at Detroit Tigers
6:30 p.m. ETLos Angeles Angels at Boston Red Sox
7 p.m. ETFriday, April 21
Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees
7 p.m. ETHouston Astros at Atlanta Braves
7 p.m. ETFriday, April 28
Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Astros
8 p.m. ETSt. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers
10 p.m. ETFriday, May 5
Chicago White Sox at Cincinnati Reds
6:30 p.m. ETMinnesota Twins at Cleveland Guardians
7 p.m. ETFriday, May 12
Kansas City Royals at Milwaukee Brewers
8 p.m. ETChicago Cubs at Minnesota Twins
8 p.m. ETFriday, May 19
Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays
7 p.m. ETSeattle Mariners at Atlanta Braves
7 p.m. ETFriday, May 26
San Diego Padres at New York Yankees
7 p.m. ETChicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers
6:30 p.m. ETFriday, June 2
Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds
5 p.m. ETCleveland Guardians at Minnesota Twins
8 p.m. ETFriday, June 9
Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles
7 p.m. ETSeattle Mariners at Los Angeles Angels
9:30 p.m. ETFriday, June 16
Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers
8 p.m. ETChicago White Sox at Seattle Mariners
10 p.m. ETFriday, June 23
Pittsburgh Pirates at Miami Marlins
6:30 p.m. ETNew York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
7 p.m. ETFriday, June 30
Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates
7 p.m. ETArizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Angels
9:30 p.m. ET
For more “Friday Night Baseball” programming details, read the Apple Newsroom press release.
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MLB the Show 23 and Infinite Guitars coming soon to Game Pass
March trudges on, and during its trek through the calendar, it brings more games to Game Pass.
Today, you can download Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom – The Prince’s Edition for the cloud, console, and PC. Developed by Level-5, the studio reunited with character designer Yoshiyuki Momose and composer Joe Hisaishi for the next Ni no Kuni tale.
The RPG tells the tale of prince Evan who is learning how to become a leader and build a kingdom. Usurped from his castle, Evan seeks to start a new one. In the fully explorable open-world game, you control Evan and other characters in the party in battles. In battle, you can use magical abilities assisted by elementals called Higgledies.
Coming to Xbox Game Pass: MLB The Show 23 and Infinite Guitars
MLB App Now Supports Live Activities
On the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, scores can also be tracked through the Dynamic Island. After updating to the latest version of the app, users can choose the “Track” option from the list of games to add the up-to-date scoring to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.
Live Activities for MLB games was already offered through Apple’s own TV app, but until this week, the MLB app itself did not support the feature. Live Activities have been available for third-party apps since the October release of iOS 16.1. Given that the MLB partners with Apple for content, it is not clear why it took so long for the feature to be implemented.
The MLB app was updated for the 2023 season yesterday, and in addition to Live Activities support, the app now includes a new onboarding experience, a Watch tab with 24/7 programming available, 2023 team schedules and tickets, a refreshed standings page, and more.
The MLB app can be downloaded from the App Store for free, but unlocking all content will require a subscription. Access to every out-of-market game costs $24.99 per month or $150 for the year. [Direct Link]
Friday Night Baseball games will resume on Apple TV+ when the 2023 season begins. The first games are set to premiere on Friday, April 7, with the Texas Rangers playing the Chicago Cubs and the San Diego Padres playing the Atlanta Braves.
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Rep your nation in MLB The Show 23 with World Baseball Classic star players
MLB The Show 23 is Bringing the Heat with Tons of New Updates and Features
MLB The Show 23’s gameplay features detailed
MLB The Show 23 Adds Universal DH, True Two-Way Players, And More
MLB The Show 23 held a 40-minute livestream this week to introduce some of the game’s new features. As well as touching on the game’s historic Negro Leagues Storylines mode, the stream also revealed a number of highly anticipated new features including universal DH and true two-way players.
One of the new rule changes fans have been waiting for is the introduction of the universal designate hitter. The rule came to the National League in April last year, too late to be implemented in MLB The Show 22, but will have a presence in this year’s game.
“The MLB got the universal DH just last season, so now we got it in Diamond Dynasty as well,” senior technical designer Kyle Blake announced in the stream. “So any squad you play with in Diamond Dynasty has a DH.”