Major League Baseball: The Dinosaur leading a technological Revolution

As I write this, I am sitting on the terrace of my "Boatel" in Prague watching the Astros get slaughtered by a very bad Pittsburgh Pirates team. Watching the Astros makes me want to tie a weight to my legs and throw myself of the railing of my "Boatel" and into whatever Prague river this monstrosity is situated on. The more I watch, the more I think Uncle Dr. needs to politely ask Cecil to take over the job as manager of the Astros' AAA club, the Round Rock Express and proceed to fill the job with someone, anyone else. But its probably too soon for expressing such thoughts, and furthermore, I knew this was coming. Good baseball teams simply do not lose 19 consecutive games, pre-season or not, ever. Losing, like smoking, is a habit and the Astros are smoking three packs a day at the moment.

Rather than focus on the awful baseball team we all follow (at least for the moment, Uncle D.....fooooor theee moment) I want to dwell on the fact that I am watching this god awful baseball game....in Prague (which is not in the United States...). How? MLB.tv. The other day, I forked over 100 bucks to subscribe. I've only had access for three days, but you can already count me as a satisfied customer. I don't want to gush too much, but for once, Major League Baseball is actually ahead of the curve. I can watch not one, not two, not three, but up to four live games simultaneously on one screen. Granted, watching four games at once can induce motion sickness....but still!!!! Four games. I can pause live games. I can watch any game from any date anytime. I can select 30 players I want to follow and MLB.tv will update me when they are at bat so that I can switch to the game and watch the at bat. Did I mention I can watch any and every regular season baseball game anytime, anywhere if I have a decent Internet connection. I can watch the Astros in freaking Prague! The best feature of all, though, may well be that every time I watch the opposition stomp the Astros lifeless, I can switch on another game and remember what good baseball looks like. If you are a baseball fan, buy this. Do it now. Lets be honest, a season of watching only the Astros will make you hate baseball forever. Like I said, this is only for you if you reaaallly like baseball, but if you do, buy it. Buy it now, for the sake of your sanity.