Sarah Jacobson 
Major League Baseball is said to be the oldest major sporting league in the world, having been established in 1876.
It may be the oldest, but it embraces modernity with both hands by generating countless apps to enhance fans’ enjoyment, appreciation, and understanding of this exciting sport.
With each of the 30 teams in the league playing 162 games in a season, there’s plenty to enjoy – even more so if your team battles its way through to the legendary World Series at the end of the regular season.
So, check out which of these nine apps will be the ones you really can’t do without.
MLB App
Let’s kick off with a couple of official MLB apps that come with all the league’s authority. This first one is essential whether you’re a die-hard or occasional fan. You can follow your team’s games live with real-time player positions, audio commentary of all games, and in-game highlights. You can also customize the news feeds that you receive.
MLB Home Run Derby
This is the perfect app for the close season with no baseball to enjoy. Home Run Derby lets you pit your skills against the game or any of millions of other players worldwide. There are over 100 batters to choose from and three different game modes to play. In Arcade mode, you’ll be set daily batting objectives, and the better you do, the bigger and more helpful game packs you’ll be granted.
DraftKings Sportsbook App
Ever since sports betting was legalized in the US in 2018, more fans have enjoyed being able to make games a little more interesting. Best of all, in states where it is legal, betting via a smartphone is easy thanks to this app. It offers up-to-the-minute MLB odds and a generous welcome bonus of up to $150 in free bets for new players.
CBS Sports
If you’re a fan of all sports, not just MLB, it makes good sense to download an app that will bring you all the news and coverage, not just some of it. You can listen to games as they’re being played and join up with other networks and stations all around the country to update scores minute by minute. It’s also great for checking the scores of games played in the past.
iCards
Collecting player cards might not be as popular as it once, but the hobby still has an active following. iCards is an app that brings collectors together to roam around in a rich vault of classic examples. It also acts as a trading platform for collectors to swap or sell their physical cards. So, if you’ve been searching for that elusive card to complete your 1999-2000 New York Yankees team, this will be the app for you.
Game Changer
If you like to play baseball as well as watch it, then this could, quite literally, be a game-changer for you. Instead of forgetting the details of the games you play, this lets you record and share scoresand individualperformances. You can even live stream or upload videos of key moments of the action to preserve them for posterity.
EvriThing Baseball
Baseball news junkies will love this one. It drags in news feeds from thousands of sources and then splits them into more than thirty channels for easier digestion. Naturally, there’s one channel for each MLB team, packed with roster and injury news and predictions from experts about upcoming games.
Ballpark Envi
Even though you may never actually visit all of them, it’s always good to get a feel of each team’s home ballpark. Ballpark Envi features 360o images of all thirty of them. There are also seating charts for each one. Plus, if you’re lucky enough to take a road trip to any of them to see a game, there are even maps to ensure you get there in good time.
The Official Rules
You might think that you know all about the official rules of baseball, but there are still quite a few waiting to catch you out. That’s why it will always be handy to have this app ready to consult whenever there’s any controversy to be sorted, or you’re indignant that the umpire needs to read the rules himself.
So, whichever apps you download will enhance your knowledge and enjoyment of the game. And what baseball fan can turn their back on that?
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