Apple outfits every Major League Baseball team with iPad Pros

One of America's oldest and most beloved games, professional baseball, will get a tech-powered upgrade for the 2016 season, thanks to a new partnership with Apple

The pairing will put 12.9-inch iPad Pro device in the dugouts of the 30 teams in Major League Baseball.

"Our collaboration with Apple on the use of iPad Pro in dugouts and bullpens is part of our ongoing effort to introduce extraordinary technology into our game," Rob Manfred, the commissioner of MLB, said in
a post on MLB.com

To date, the biggest tablet-in-sports story is the major fumble of the NFL while using Microsoft's Surface tablet. That $400 million deal made headlines for all the wrong reasons when the New England Patriots had trouble using the tablets during the AFC Championship game this year. The MLB is likely hoping its Apple partnership goes a lot smoother than that Read more...