The MLB.TV player that we have been working on has been in public beta now for a few days and is looking really good, check out some of the screen shots from the player.

Also here to read a little more about it.

And it just got written up here on O'reilly

And is mentioned here

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in the O'reilly podcast.

Other Links:

http://www.businessinsider.com/mlb-turning-on-near-hd-streaming-dvr-for-todays-us-canada-game-2009-3

http://www.businessinsider.com/baseballs-new-mlbtv-player-launches-looks-pretty-good-2009-3

Things are getting pretty exciting here at MLB.com as we are nearing the end of development of the new MLB.TV Media Player. It is 4:30 in the morning and all the devs are here in the MLB offices in Chelsea to launch the PUBLIC BETA for the first game of the World Baseball Classic.

That's it folks! The player is officially in the wild! You can check out the launch page here. If you're up at this crazy hour like we are, the link to the opening Japan vs. China game is at the bottom.