MLB will not update At Bat Windows Phone app for 2015 season

I contacted my baseball team and they gave me the name and email address of the head of MLB's mobile division. Send an email to Michael Santeramo at  Michael.Santeramo@mlb.com and let him know what you think of MLB's decision to drop the Windows Phone app!

This is asinine! MLB is foolish to alienate users of a device that are, on average, wealthier and predominately business executives and owners. The only thing that will get MLB's attention is to cancel your MLB.tv subscription (which I did) and email them at mlbexecutiverelations@website.mlb.com and CC your local team.

Maybe they are saving their effort on this for a universal app instead of a proprietary one for the phone.

I just got a reply from MLB. They explicitly state no support for WP8 for 2015. They did not say no support for WP which makes me hope they will support WP10.

Sadly these stores will become more frequent in the months ahead. WP is circling the drain. I'm not saying it will go away entirely, as it will be propped up at the low end, but its days as a viable platform are numbered. As promising as W10 is on paper it wont be able to right the ship.

Seriously. These type of updates should be taken care of at the backend. After carriers, lazy and stupid developers are Microsoft's biggest problem... Actually. Useless developers is probably a bigger problem. They obviously have to much "power" in organizational strategic decisions.

There is a lot of frustration being directed at mlb, but this is really all microsofts fault.

Their more junk phone variants than users strategy is working out swimmingly!

I'd advise everyone to download the app, even if you dont use it

just so we get our numbers up

its prolly wont change anything, but its worth a try

delete it after a few days

I do that with alot of apps, just so they see downloads

ally bank, progressive, Dish  etc

That sucks butt

I am not a big app guy and the lack of apps don't bother me. They have what I need and like. This however kind of irks me. When I first switched to WP they didn't have At Bat. They did have some other baseball apps that I just didn't like. I was ecstatic when At Bat first showed up. For them to not update it now kind of sucks ass. I won't leave WP over it but it is rather disheartening. I hope they do decide to update it if they get enough feedback about it. 

The last update to the app was November 14 2014.  Ver 2,2,0.3  Isn't that odd?  In November 2014.  Not even 4 complete months ago?

Reviews rate it at 2.9 out of 5.  Some unhappy comments.

Interesting.

Best Wishes.

I agree with you. However, I do believe there are more positive than negatives. We have five windows phones in our family and they were all bought off contract, and they were all relatively inexpensive. They all run extremely well and are more reliable than any phones ws ever owned. IPhones, HTC Android phones etc.. I keep a 99.00 galaxy tab 4 and tether it to my phone whenever there is an app that I really need. Believe me, this is not ideal, but it works. The more people that jump ship, the worse it will be. I really hope windows 10 fixes things. For now, I can deal with it.

As Ron Burgundy might say, this app drain issue is really escalating...it's getting out of hand fast. I have primarily used a Lumia 928 for the last fourteen months with occasional use of Android, and it is clear which way WP is going versus the competition. At Bat has always been a favorite and I purchase a premium subscription via MLB.tv annually. Now, that subscription will be useless on the 928. Plex is another mainstay. While the version of that app installed on my phone still works, I and many other users cannot update to the latest version because of WP Store issues that MS refuses to own up to. Bank of America--one of the biggest financial institutions on the planet, where I happen to keep my money--has abandoned development, instead directing customers to use IE for online banking. But it doesn't work via the browser. Sling TV is another subscription I've picked up and am enjoying...no app for WP and I can just about guarantee there never will be one. I'm not going to stop doing business with all these outfits because they refuse to develop for the platform I've chosen. It's finally time to accept the fact I made a poor decision buying the 928 two Januarys ago and move on. I really, really want to support a third-option phone OS, and from a hardware standpoint the 928 still rocks nearly two years after its introduction...but to continue doing so would be depriving myself of additional value the top two platforms provide with their versions of the apps which are either hindered by or altogether absent from WP. I may take another look at MS mobile once 10 for phones is official and app development ramps up, but for now I just can't keep compromising.

Has there been anything official saying there will be no app?  They did not list the app on their site last year either.  Then it came out later in March.

I have emailed them a couple of times and am waiting to hear for sure.

As a premium subscriber to MLB.tv this is highly disappointing considering the fact they tout the fact that you can use the service on "over 400 devices." This is so ridiculous. I don't even see the app in my store any more!

At least we're getting RBI Baseball 2015 for Windows. (and the Xbox One)

For everyone saying that we need these apps, then get into the store and download it. If you have no intention of using it, then don't. But download it and try it out if you feel you need it. Lamenting here does nothing.

I never said don't intend on using it. I replied to the guy that said this really sucks. I also said download it "if you no longer have it".
I know usage counts, but everyone is like "I'm out of here" and "I'm done!". Why not actually download and use the app if it breaks your Windows phone experience that much? Delete out later refers to if it sucks and you just don't like it. Over downloaded Urbanspoon in the past but didn't like it during all its iPhone hype years ago and then removed it within a week. That's not false downloads, I tried it then moved on.
Also, there is that service FreePrints that pulled their app plans until the WP community spoke up. Here's the cool part: I had never heard of it and now my fiancee and I both use the app (she has an iPhone). We had never heard of it til that moment and now we have both become customers. I used MLB for news until the baseball season ended, forgot about it, and now that I see this I'm redownloading it and using it again. I want my vote counted and if anyone is reading the article perhaps there is a chance they are like me or possibly never heard of it but want to try it.

Where are you getting that this is falsifying download numbers?
Context is important. I appreciate your comment... I just feel it's misplaced.

I think it's a bunch of crap, Not being able too watch MLB on my phone WTF. What did the Windows phone community do to the MLB. I guess I'll just watch it on my surface pro 3.

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Relax people, Win10 will cure AIDS.

I think it's time Microsoft takes the plan to allow Android apps to run on Windows Phone out of the drawer. I think Microsoft just took entirely too long to get to the single code base of all devices with Windows 10. It is possible that companies stopped making and updating their apps in preparation for Windows 10 and the ability to write once an publish across all Windows platforms. I'm not entirely convinced as more companies turn to browser based support. It'll be interesting to see if apps comeback after Windows 10 or not. If they don't I think the writing is on the wall for Windows on phones which is a shame because it is a great platform. 

I know this has nothing to do with the page but on change.com there is a partition for Snapchat on windows phone if we can get that to 25,000 we might get a reply from Snapchat as of when they start making a app for us, thank you please sign it we need as many as possible WE NEED SNAPCHAT

I have already written, commented and complained to MLB. They delayed Windows last year until the season started. I have had a subscription since year 1 when MLB was supported through MSN. I guess they have forgotten that MSN was Microsoft, hint Windows. I am not buying a different OS phone, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to stomach all of the defectors. Where's our Microsoft support? We need lovers of Windows Phones with cojones to bitch at the defectors. BofA recently texted me to keep using their app and watch for some news. Not holding my breath, yet...

Submitted a content about their lack of support.

Either everybody - including Microsoft - are waiting for Windows 10, or everybody - including Microsoft - have left the idea of a Windows Phone for dead. Based on how vigorously MS is supporting iOS & Android and pushing Windows 10 on PC, I'd say the latter.

Great.

Well, I'm at least able to stream MLB.tv using my Playon TV app.  This is a crappy work around but at least it something.  The least MLB could do is offer some type of html5 radio player or something.

STRIKE 3!

Windows phone app system is awful

I can't believe I am saying this, but I have been a Windows mobile/phone user since the HP Jornada, and I am just today starting to consider switching to the iPhone. I still love the Windows Phone UI, but there are just so many apps and accessories available for the iPhone that aren't available for Windows Phone, I just don't know how much longer I can stick with Windows Phone.

Let me see here you need a software update? Maybe I am too old and is stupid, but shouldn't this be data driven? In all my years of working in the industry I have never seen an application requiring a software update for a new year, this may very well explain why apps cannot be written for Windows Phones, the so called developers hired to write iOS and Android apps are complete morons, this is like Y2K all over again.

But what the f..k is doing MS in his own homeland?
It seems a sinking ship, but of Course it's not
Wp has millions of users, why they ignore it?
My guess is that wp is used mostly by business users, so no apps download, no games etc..
Just mail, office, meteo, vpn and stop..

Seriously, Microsoft needs to contract with all these corporations than quite likely use Windows software and services a discount for making and supporting official apps for their platform. Make it worth while for them to support Windows devices.

Do the Seattle Mariners owners know that a lot of their fans and season ticket holders and their families will not be able to watch live games on their company provided phones. If not somebody should tell them.

Haven't you folks figured out yet that it's going to take a CEO with a real set of balls to make the Windows phone platform a "needed" platform to the consumers.

He is the one who has to be able to convince the shareholders they have to demand more for Windows from those who use it.... and it won't be a easy sell neither.

Right now they are letting the platform die a slow death and giving away the store to get their services on as many devices as they can. To reverse this trend it is going to take a change in leadership.

They don't want to upset their enterprise users and they are going to have to do just this to leverage Windows phone.

Windows 10 isn't going to change this trend only make it worse than it is now.

Cry me a river if you want but then build me bridge to get over it... Posted from my HTC M8

That stinks!

I don't see how W10 will fix the app gap, PCs have full fledged browsers so you don't need an app there and seems unlikely that people will devote resources to making apps essentially just for windows phone users

I guess we all know now what a 3rd Party candidate feels like in a 2-Party system, huh? You say you want a revolution? Well, you know. We all wanna' change the world. The answer is, the simplest one. As Mr. Wonderful or Lyle Lovett would say, it's "M-O-N-E-Y". Subsidize development for these giant companies like Chase, BOA, and even MLB. Who cares that they ask have enough money... You do too! Give them so much money to bring apps, keep apps updated, and keep new versions coming that there is a significant "pain" if they decide to attempt to delist their app. Then, pay for it all in the arena where you are king... Software and Cloud licensing. Chase uses your software, BOA does, and MLB does as well. Jack up Enterprise licensing fees because with your commanding market share, YOU CAN. Talk to Apple about how to ethically justify this large margin when you have controlling market share. Then, on the flip side, GIVE AWAY software licenses, cloud licenses, and flagship mobile devices to app developers (and Microsoft business partners, and your own employees!). You want your devices in the hands of as many people as possible! Guess what will happen? Soon, when your mobile platform and store grows exponentially, companies will feel naked if they don't have a Windows Phone app (Windows 10 at that point). It will cost a LOT of "potential revenue", but that was Balmer-thinking. During that era, I brought my Lumia 1020 to a Microsoft workshop for Office 365 and of 10 Microsoft employees and 15 fellow Microsoft Partners-- I was the ONLY ONE with Windows Phone. Seriously? Seriously. Sadly. The rest iPhone and 4 Droids. Not kidding. To catch up, you MUST spend and GIVE. Your employees and partners MUST carry Windows Phone. They will only do so if you get the app developers and big companies on board! (Hey, that box below my feet reads "S-O-A-P".)

Hearing news like this is always disappointing because it not only drives consumers away but also developers

The app store for WP has always been its Achilles heal, everyone knows that going in. The OS is by far the easiest and most efficient, and it's improved tremendously in the last 12 months. I believe we're at least 24 months away from any significant turnaround. When Windows 10 launches it will take time for developers to respond to changes in the market, if any occur. Hopefully, Windows 10's universal app model that extends across all devices, including Xbox, will shake things up in Microsoft's favor.

Fine. I won't watch as much baseball this year then nor buy any of the products baseball brings every year.  AtBat, kick rocks.

Pretty soon all the major apps wont be updated for this phone anymore

The writing should have been on the wall when the "Big Announcement" over a year ago was Instagram...and well it's now pretty much a 1970's lime green pinto in someone's front yard propped up on cinder blocks. Last year it was both IG and AB that kept me on windows. When I was up for a new phone, I almost got the 1520. I have big hands and it was perfect. I have a pal at MLBAM who told me it didn't look good for this year, so I abandoned this platform for reasons why others said. I got sick of having to go 3rd party apps. I got sick of paying for these 3rd party apps that I paid for that were pulled and I was out the money. Sure you say 99 cents is no big deal, but it adds up. There is nothing wrong with WP, I miss it. I'm a guy and as guys we like visuals. I miss the ties. But I have moved on. All 4 platforms have issues. The only issue here is the lack of APP support. It sucks, but life does that sometimes.

Galaxy S6 will be out soon. Guess it's time. I wanted to love you Microsoft.... but you didn't love me back.

Sadly, I'm forced to keep an old iPhone lying around for apps like MLB and Nikon camera control. I never use it as a phone, but toss it in my luggage when I travel. MLB is much better on my Lumia 1520.

I don't care what any of you say, this is just more reason for me to stubbornly hold out. I will not let cheap, lazy companies think if they just ignore us we'll go away. I won't switch devices, and I won't stop publically calling them out for being full of shit. There is no reason at all for a major sports league like this with tons of money to not support ALL of its fans.

We are the 3%!!

The hits keep on coming. WP is dying and unless W10 is a miracle the death will be complete soon.

The worst part for me is that I despise iOS and Android. I don't know what I'll do.

It sure didn't stop them from automatically renewing my subscription. There has to be some recourse for taking payment and not providing service.

I don't see alot of wph commercial on tv here in the us I can't do without my l1520 I know its better but when the masses see Android n iPhone on tv all the time what do u expect them to buy win10 will do alot but will it be too late

WP in the U.S. is dead. MSFT is better off concentrating on the rest of the world.

Web app on steroids.

Microsoft the other day did mention about allowing websites to be port and turn in to apps with the new sdk and api wrap that made it function just like regular apps, and those websites route to Azure so it fast to load. It kind of web

Well, screw them. I won't be buying MLB.TV or R.B.I. Baseball 15 this year, regardless of game quality (though last year's game was total trash, and I expected to pass on this year's because of the likelihood it would also be terrible).

I love baseball over any other sport, but I'm not going to pay them to not offer me services.

Major irony - I was just on the MLB.com website (mobile) and saw a Microsoft ad for a Lumia 635. Microsoft should step in and pay for the app development.

HAHAHAHA...The Windows mobile platform is so irrelevant that it's beyond comprehension.  

They show on their website that they made the app available for the Amazon Fire Phone?!  Seriously?  If they release it for Amazon, they have to release it for Windows Phone.  Where is the proof that MLB actually says they aren't making the app for Windows Phone?

I don't know what's going on but when I was in Best Buy today the shoppers were all in the Windows computer section buying laptops and desktops so the Windows market is alive and well.

Well fuck you too

this fucking blows, no other word for it, more and more, i am thinking about moving to another platform. i love wp but, bank of america, sftcard and now this ? It never ends with WP does it ?

I can only do this for so long...

Meh. Just ask Cortana for scores. Faster than an app anyway.

I'm wondering if they actuly said they were not updating the app for windows phone? because the last 2 years they had released the windows phone app right around the start of the season of even a few weeks later ?

I don't see anything on the website stating that they will not be updating the App?

I do know I'm sure MLB would like some of the cash MS has thrown at the NFL but I don't think that is going to happen for them

Love my 1520 but I'm outta here when my contract is up in 2016.
I was looking forward to my phone, tablet, and Xbox playing together but Windows Phone is dead, MS stopped support of my RT, and I'll probably get PS4 next week instead of the Xbox One I was going to buy.
And don't even get me started on the Band. Does MS even know what they're doing with that thing?

This marks the end of WP for me. How many apps are going to leave this platform? If MLB with unlimted resources is not going to support it then why would smaller compaies? As sad as it will make me I will not be buying another WP in the furture

Didnt they say this last year too but eventually updated it?

I'm desperate trying to get rid of my icon. Windows phone is slowly, but surely dying. Windows 10 isn't going to save it. Gave Aul and Belfiore just aren't the people with the awe inspiring minds that Microsoft needs. I can't wait to get back to android.

It's bad enough not having an app available on WP, but it definitely feels a lot worse when an app comes to the phone and then the developer stops supporting it.

And blind fanboys claim 2.7% market share and falling is nothing to worry about......

The good news (Minion Rush, BofA, etc.) just keeps coming for Windows Phone.

Can we have an article on what we should do to incite some support targeted...?

Can we at least have a universal hashtag that we all use to reach out to the companies that are leaving us. #cometowindows #dontleavewindows #imapersonandiusewindows

Apps are overrated! I switched to mobile websites, in most cases existing apps are slower and give you not the same data as the mobile website. With more websites html5 ready there will be less need for apps. If you think about it, apps are a really a pretty inefficiënt way of accessing data that is already available through a mobile website.

Extremely disappointed to find this out AFTER renewing my subscription.

Again. In public via twitter and facebook. Publicly chastise them and make them feel stupid and bad for their decision. That's the way to change their stance.

❤Love my 1520 best phone I've had... its paid for...gal has Iphone6 Plus, could get a iPhone I just don want one... Probably could get used to it but don't like is the OS. I'm not a fan of android, I had Notes 2 and 3... I'm fortunate to where I can afford any phone or laptop I want... Just bought a dell XPS touch screen I5 laptop for work. I'm hanging with Wphone to wait and use and experience full functionality with Wp and Windows 10 working together, etc. and hoping the eco system/app unification launches and makes the windows system relevant to developers...and for all us loyal users. We shall see....

Yeah this is bad. Been with Windows Phone since 7...and a huge baseball fan. A few years ago, they didn't update the app until August, which was downright insulting, but now they're just kicking the platform to the curb.

The only way I can speak with my wallet is to not renew this season for the browser-based access...

If I didn't despise Apple and distrust Google so much, this is what would make me leave..now I don't know what to do. I just don't want to use the platforms this works on.

Beginning to feel like a fool for sticking with Windows Phone on pride alone...

At this point, adding Android apps might save the os.

I'm a European windows phone user, and I don't see any problem with app availability. Both my banks have official apps. On the rare occasion that a retailer does not have a WP app, using the website instead works fine. There are plenty of third party apps to choose from too. I think Windows phone is doing just fine, the app store is growing overall you know.

Windows central,Daniel its time for giving those app n reviews article a break coz its time for a morale boosting article for we the wp lovers..this definitely hurts.And from now even if someone drops support don't notify us coz that will hurt even more.. #heartbroken

Fuck baseball. Why watch other people play a game and get rich while you're still trying to figure out how to pay a bill. Fuck all that bullshit. Let MLB take a walk. Support those that support you.

Where's the supporting info for this story? Every year MLB has released apps for Android and iPhone first, then the Windows Phone version comes along at or after Opening Day. I think the 2014 app came out in late April. Just because it's not on the page doesn't mean it's not coming.

I understand people being upset about this, but can't you get ask the same info from Cortana? If so, then what's the problem?

I still don't get all the complaining about no new high end phone. It has been repeated over and over and over and over that a 1520 successor will come with W10. I'm honestly surprised that we're getting anything at all (the 640 and 640xl) before then.

Although I am with those of you who are fed up and considering jumping to another platform. I'm not real big on apps but the few that I want -- local stores, SiriusXM, my bank, etc -- aren't there. I love WP. I think it is by far the best platform and has the most potential, but if no one is going to do anything with it, then what's the point? If W10 doesn't turn things around, I'm done.

This is nuts

Wow, what happened to thinking positive?

Do I sell or stay. Nokia Lumia 930. UK. Or jump back to iphone

And the biggest laugh is they vent here and not directly to Microsoft or the entities that choose not to develop for windowsphone. Stop supporting the businesses that don't support you instead of fussing about it

Think is time to hack my 1520 n try to put the Droid on

Cortana shows me news I want to follow and sports teams. Not sure what the issue is here.

They raised the price this season too. While iOS has an updated app, the rating is poor due to the cost.

Windows Infinity
WILL FIX EVERYTHING❗

Honestly Microsoft should just allow android apps strip them of their Android dependencies replace them with windows counterparts. Wrap them up in a nice windows ui bow, the perks of this compared to blackberry would be that we will have universal apps for them and a bigger market to push for

Been a Windows Phone user since the early Windows 7 days, no more of this. Here I come Note 4

sorry for at bat....

Glad I cancelled my subscription earlier this month..

The end is near...

Flash Sports will let you watch pretty much ANY sports event for free.

Check out "Flash Sports" for Windows Phone http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=a5fe5d37-fbd8-4304-a01f-71534450a479

We need MLB and NHL apps. This is ridiculous. The fact that companies don't get that they can build a universal app for windows for all devices is ridiculous.

The industry don't want a third player in the game sad but true .

I'm hoping this is because they along with bank of America and chase are planning windows 10 apps

Why do people who want to leave the platform feel like they owe a duty to inform the world of their choice?

If u want to leave please do!!
No one cares not even Microsoft