Instead of iPhone applications and desktop widgets and video on-demand, MLB chose to go with limited coverage. It chose to take the highest bidder instead of the collective bids of fans everywhere. Instead of free over-the-air TV, MLB opted for premium cable packages that can run up to $100 a month.
MLB.TV Postseason allows you to listen to the games from your computer. A free radio on your desk somewhat nullifies this. Then, you are given the gift of 45-minute delayed video.
If you are able to spend three hours avoiding the score and the outcome of the game, the second you log into your MLB.TV account it shows you the final score of the game. Good luck trying to watch a tape-delayed game without knowing the outcome.
There are some nonsense text message updates and other gimmicks to try and improve the package, but not one is worthwhile.
Simply put, the MLB.TV package is a waste and is no competition to cable/satellite.
As Friedman has also said, "The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist."
That hidden fist needs to come from somewhere. The fans, the team owners, or the government needs to step in and insist that access is the top priority.
It was easier to watch the 1968 playoffs than it will be to watch them 40 years later. By 2048, you will only have two options to watch the Vegas Aces take on the Portland Loggers in the NLCS: You can go to the game, or you will be able to buy a ticket to watch a guy change a remote scoreboard in each major city. Cheapest ticket: $6,000.
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