Play Ball! Row 44 to Bring Live Major League Baseball to Southwest Flights
Most of the country is ready for some football, but let’s remember that there’s still plenty of baseball to be played this fall. Southwest Airlines is sticking by America's pastime, and they’re bringing it to some of their planes. Now it’ll only be a matter of time before we’re reading about Yankees and Red Sox fans delaying flights due to in-flight arguments.
Row 44—they’re the ones that bring the in-flight magic to Southwest—has partnered with Major League Baseball to provide live streaming at 35,000 feet. That means live video and audio of the season’s best games right to the comfort of your tray table. We’re just hoping that the playoffs and World Series are an option as well, as we would love some in-flight peanuts and a cold beer along with some WiFi baseball.
Once things are launched there will be live streaming of over 2,400 MLB games each and every year, so your flights during the summer will never be filled with sleep again. They haven’t announced an official launch date yet, but we’re hoping that it’s sooner than later.
The only downer is that Southwest is hardly moving quickly with its WiFi installation process, so there’s only a few of the airline’s Boeing 737s kicking around with this capability as of right now. Hopefully the airline will pick up the pace, and then we can all be enjoying some live baseball on each and every Southwest flight.
[Photo: Steven Frischling for Jaunted]
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