Apple Friday Night Baseball
Apple and MLB announce August Friday Night Baseball schedule.
The August game schedule for “Friday Night Baseball,” a weekly doubleheader that airs on Fridays during the 2024 regular season and is accessible to Apple TV+ users, was revealed today by Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB). Over 26 weeks, fans in 60 nations and regions can watch two highly anticipated contests without any restrictions on local broadcasts.
Wayne Randazzo, Dontrelle Willis, Heidi Watney, Alex Faust, Ryan Spilborghs, and Tricia Whitaker are outstanding “Friday Night Baseball.” announcers. Former MLB umpires Dale Scott, Brian Gorman, and Ted Barrett examine calls and rules weekly. Each week, announcers will receive their game assignments.
Along with former MLB player and analyst Xavier Scruggs and baseball journalist Russell Dorsey, Lauren Gardner hosts live pre- and postgame coverage.
The Emmy Award-winning production team of MLB Network and Apple’s live sports production team collaborate to deliver “Friday Night Baseball,” which offers fans a never-before-seen viewing experience. Modern cameras are used in every game to deliver realistic live-action images, and spatial audio is enabled for rich 5.1 surround sound.
In order to fully immerse viewers in the action and stadium ambiance, “Friday Night Baseball” employs player and field-level microphones in addition to drone cameras to capture stunning aerial stadium pictures. During “Friday Night Baseball” games, fans in the United States and Canada can choose to listen to the audio of the local radio broadcasts of the home and away clubs.
Fans can follow Major League Baseball and their preferred MLB teams on Apple Sports to view complete MLB scores and data. Sports lovers can now get real-time scores, analytics, and more with Apple Sports, a brand-new free app for iPhone. The app’s personalised experience, with its user-friendly Apple interface, puts users’ favourite leagues and teams front and centre. It is built for speed and simplicity.
Every weeknight, MLB Big Inning whip-around features live look-ins and in-game highlights for fans in the United States. Additionally, Apple TV+ offers a comprehensive lineup of MLB-related entertainment, such as Countdown to First Pitch, MLB Daily Recap, and MLB This Week. Additional MLB programming, such as shortened game summaries following each week’s live “Friday Night Baseball” broadcasts, vintage games, highlights and interviews, and more, is available to fans for free via the Apple TV app.
This season, “Friday Night Baseball”‘s official national home for American business establishments is once again DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS. Throughout the regular season, DIRECTV uses existing satellite equipment to bring all the action to its network of over 300,000 restaurants, pubs, hotel lounges, retail stores, and other locations.
Fans can view personalised MLB highlights directly in the News app and follow the league and their favourite clubs in the MLB feed on Apple News. Every Friday, viewers with an Apple TV+ subscription may also tap to watch “Friday Night Baseball” straight from the Apple TV app, along with a carefully selected selection of the most intriguing stories from throughout the league. Fans may discover official, exclusive playlists on Apple Music that include a selection of vintage baseball-themed tunes together with the walk-up songs from each team for each week.
“Friday Night Baseball” is available to Apple TV+ customers via tv.apple.com and in the Apple TV app, preinstalled on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. The Apple TV app works with Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Sony, TCL, VIZIO, and other smart TVs, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, PlayStation and Xbox game consoles, Chromecast with Google TV, Sky Q, SK Broadband, and Xfinity set-top boxes.
With Live Activities, fans can keep track of all the action from every MLB game this season directly on their iPhone lock screen. Additionally, fans may watch up to four simultaneous streams, including Major League Soccer matches, “Friday Night Baseball” matchups, and some live MLS and MLB events, thanks to the multiview functionality on Apple TV 4K devices and iPads.
Apple and Major League Baseball have not made an official announcement regarding the August “Friday Night Baseball” schedule; however, we can anticipate the following scenarios:
Similar structure: Judging from past years, we may anticipate Apple to stick to its former strategy of providing a doubleheader every Friday in August.
Put the emphasis on postseason contenders: The selected games will probably include teams that are in the running for the postseason, which will excite the crowd.
Inter-divisional games: Because spectators don’t see these clubs play as frequently, inter-divisional games usually draw more attention.
August “Friday Night Baseball” Schedule on Apple TV+
Friday, August 2
Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers
6:30 p.m. ET
Milwaukee Brewers at Washington Nationals
6:30 p.m. ET
Friday, August 9
Cleveland Guardians at Minnesota Twins
8 p.m. ET
Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers
8 p.m. ET
Friday, August 16
Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago Cubs
2 p.m. ET
Seattle Mariners at Pittsburgh Pirates
6:30 p.m. ET
Friday, August 23
St. Louis Cardinals at Minnesota Twins
8 p.m. ET
Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates
6:30 p.m. ET
Friday, August 30
Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Angels
9:30 p.m. ET
San Diego Padres at Tampa Bay Rays
6:30 p.m. ET
Friday Night Baseball
In addition to player and field-level microphones to fully immerse viewers in the action and stadium ambiance, “Friday Night Baseball” makes use of drone cameras to capture stunning aerial stadium panoramas. On “Friday Night Baseball,” fans in the United States and Canada can choose to hear the audio of the local radio broadcasts of both the home and away clubs.
To view all MLB statistics and scores, fans may follow Major League Baseball and their preferred MLB clubs on Apple Sports. Sports enthusiasts can now get live scores, statistics, and more with Apple Sports, a brand-new free iPhone app. With an Apple-designed UI that is easy to use, the app’s personalized experience puts users’ favorite leagues and teams front and Centre. Speed and simplicity are its goals.
Friday Night Baseball Apple TV
Every weeknight, baseball fans in the United States may enjoy the MLB Big Inning whip-around show, which includes live look-ins and in-game highlights. Additionally, Apple TV+ offers a comprehensive lineup of MLB-related programming, such as Countdown to First Pitch, MLB Daily Recap, and MLB This Week. Additionally, fans may watch additional MLB programming for free on the Apple TV app. This programming includes classic games, highlights and interviews, condensed game recaps after each week’s live “Friday Night Baseball” broadcasts, and more.
This season, “Friday Night Baseball” will only be available to commercial venues in the United States on DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS. DIRECTV uses existing satellite technology to provide all the action to its network of over 300,000 eateries, bars, hotel lounges, retail stores, and other venues during the regular season.
Fans may easily follow the MLB feed in Apple News, follow their favorite clubs in the league, and view customized MLB highlights directly within the News app. With an Apple TV+ subscription, viewers can also tap to watch “Friday Night Baseball” straight from the Apple TV app every Friday. This feature compiles a selection of the league’s most intriguing tales. Fans may discover official playlists with only the walk-up tunes from the teams each week on Apple Music, along with an archive of vintage baseball-themed songs.
Cast of Friday night baseball
- Apple TV+ subscribers can watch “Friday Night Baseball” on tv.apple.com and the Apple TV app, preinstalled on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro.
- The Apple TV app works with Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Sony, TCL, VIZIO, and other smart TVs.
- Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices.
- PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles.
- Chromecast with Google TV.
- and Sky Q, SK Broadband, and Comcast Xfinity set-top boxes.
- Live Activities on the iPhone lock screen let fans follow MLB play this season.
- Apple TV 4K and iPad Multiview lets fans watch up to four streams at once, including Major League Soccer, “Friday Night Baseball” and several MLS and MLB live broadcasts.
Cost and Accessibility
- There is a seven-day free trial period for Apple TV+, which costs $9.99 (U.S.) per month.
- Customers who meet the requirements and buy and activate a new Apple device can avail a limited-time offer of three months of free access to Apple TV+.
- The Los Angeles Angels only have radio broadcasts during their home games.
- Only Toronto Blue Jays home games are televised on radio in Canada.
- All iPhone models running iOS 17.2 or later can download Apple Sports for free in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
- Later versions of iOS are compatible with Live Activities.
- iPads (7th generation) and later support Multiview.
