Rather unexpectedly, Apple announced at a “Peek Performance” event in early March that it would broadcast baseball on Apple TV+ on Fridays. Now the company has released more details about its deal with the MLB baseball league: For the first 12 weeks, you won’t need an Apple TV + subscription to enjoy the strange American sport.
The New York Mets will face off against the Washington Capitals and the Houston Astros against the Los Angeles Angels next week on Friday, and the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers will face off against the Cincinnati Reds the following week. Unless you live in a country with a baseball tradition and interest, shipments go to the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. South Korea and UK limited. Our colleagues at Macworld have compiled the exact schedule for the Friday games of the first twelve weeks of the 2022 season.
In Germany, the ball tends to roll and not push from the pitcher’s hands to the curved wooden bat. But expectations for the World Cup in Qatar are also not high – all games in this country are broadcast by Telekom.
But if you absolutely want to extend the night into Saturday with home runs – the game kicks off between midnight and 4am CEST – you’ll need to use a VPN service to watch US (or UK)-bound programming.