Best iPhone Baseball Apps

For 2012, the MLB.com At Bat app has been updated into a single, Retina Display-compatible app for both the iPhone and iPad. Even better, accessing all its options is simpler than. Free users can enjoy the free game of the day, while users who pay US$14.99 can watch every out-of-market game for the entire season. If you subscribe to MLB.TV Premium on your cable, you'll also get access to your subscription in this app. As in previous seasons, the app still offers dozens of articles are posted each day. If you're a huge baseball fan, the paid MLB.com At Bat app may be worth the upgrade; otherwise, the one live game per day may be a too little.

ESPN Radio ($2.99) is a fantastic, five-star app. It includes live radio broadcasts for 17 local ESPN stations, in addition to the national ESPN radio station. There are also 35 podcasts for popular ESPN radio shows. The best part is that you can listen to live baseball games while doing other things on your iPhone. Even though the iPhone doesn't support multitasking yet, the app can transfer your live stream to Safari so you can text or send emails while listening to live games. 

The CBS Sports Mobile app (Free) is another top pick for following baseball news and scores. Like the ESPN Radio app, CBS Sports Mobile supports live scoring and play-by-play details for baseball and other sports events. You can also select a favorite team so you'll be updated quickly on any breaking news. The app also has a fantasy baseball component, and you can manage your fantasy account if you have one set up on CBSSports.com. The app will send out score updates for your fantasy teams. 

There's a reason why Baseball Superstars always shows up on top-downloaded lists and gets rave reviews -- it's simply great fun. It includes everything you would expect from a good baseball app, and it features six different game modes, including exhibition or match play. You can also work to develop your baseball players into "superstars" through training, participating in events and buying them things. The developer claims more than 30 million copies of this app have been downloaded, so it's a must-have baseball app for your iPhone. This year's version is free, with in-app upgrades, and has been upgraded with Retina Display graphics.

Yahoo! Fantasy Sports '12 (Free) has made many improvements over previous version, which had bad crashing problems that made it frustrating to use.  Users are much more positive about this year's version of the app, which is still free and offers a very slick interface. It's worth checking out to see if it works for you.