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iPhone 17 Pro is Now Part of MLB History

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Back in September, the Apple TV streaming service's broadcast of the pivotal Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers game at Fenway Park incorporated live footage captured with the iPhone 17 Pro, and now the device has been enshrined in MLB history.

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Apple this week announced that the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has added one of the four iPhone 17 Pro devices that captured the Red Sox clinching a postseason berth with a thrilling walk-off win over the Tigers to its permanent collection in Cooperstown, New York. More details are available on the Hall of Fame's website.

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A weekly "Friday Night Baseball" doubleheader of MLB games returns to Apple TV for the 2026 season starting Friday, March 27. The games are included with an Apple TV subscription, at no additional cost. In the U.S., Apple TV costs $12.99 per month.

Throughout the 2026 season, Apple said iPhones will be further integrated into the lineup of cameras used for select "Friday Night Baseball" broadcasts.

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Looking at the second photo that actually looks like Blackmagic’s Camera app and the phone looks like it is connected to Blackmagic’s Camera ProDock.
 
So, is there already a collection of cameras that are 'Part of MLB History' in Cooperstown, or is this just corporate nonsense?
 
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NightFox said:
So, is there already a collection of cameras that are 'Part of MLB History' in Cooperstown, or is this just corporate nonsense?
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There's a collection of cameras that are Part of MLB History, such as a manufacturer's sample of the "Catcher Cam" mounted in a facemask, and the "Diamond Cam" that was embedded in the dirt in front of home plate during the 2007 World Series.

But you'd already know that if you had clicked the link to the article on the Hall of Fame's website that's included in the article above.

By the way, this is really pretty significant -- as the article mentions, there were a number of iPhones used - some to provide very interesting viewpoints, such as the one mounted on Pesky's Pole.
 
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mediacomposer said:
it's an ND filter - I watched the broadcast and not gonna lie it looked awful and you could totally tell it was a phone and not to mention the bit rate was super low so it was all garbled any way - it was a corporate gimmick and probably not worth a museum spot if I'm being honest...
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Most likely you are commenting on a short feed from one of the other iPhones mounted around the stadium providing interesting vantage points. As the article on the Hall of Fame website points out, this was the first time a phone was used as a *primary* camera, and we already know from the many films that have been shot on iPhone 17 Pro, that it's more than capable of providing full broadcast quality video, especially when connected to a Blackmagic Camera ProDock with Genlock as shown.

Suggest you read the article on the HoF website.
 
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fenderbass146 said:
weird...I mean cool for Apple, but why the heck does this deserve to be in Cooperstown?
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NightFox said:
So, is there already a collection of cameras that are 'Part of MLB History' in Cooperstown, or is this just corporate nonsense?
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Apple TV has a partnership deal with MLB that involves Apple paying MLB a lot of money for streaming rights. So it’s fair to say there’s probably some corporate ass-kissing going on here.
 
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It's a revolutionary step in technology that's brings the game experience to fans. Like the Catcher-Cam, Diamond Cam and other cameras in the Cooperstown collection -- the HoF website article they linked above explains it pretty well.
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uhh how is this like those? Also I've been to Cooperstown twice...never seen any other recording hardware..
 
Go easy with conspiracy theories. iPhone camera is not the first one in Baseball HOF. It just needs a nice Braves jersey though.
This one explains better.

www.webpronews.com

How an iPhone 17 Pro Ended Up in the Baseball Hall of Fame — and What It Says About Apple’s Quiet Ambitions in Live Sports

Apple's iPhone 17 Pro has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame after being used during a live Friday Night Baseball broadcast on Apple TV+. The move signals Apple's deepening ambitions in live sports and validates its hardware-as-broadcast-tool strategy.
www.webpronews.com www.webpronews.com
 
So, they're going to put this brand-new iPhone 17 Pro into a museum, where the battery will die of disuse (and might even swell up like a spicy pillow)? Just seems weird.
 
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This one explains better.

www.webpronews.com

How an iPhone 17 Pro Ended Up in the Baseball Hall of Fame — and What It Says About Apple’s Quiet Ambitions in Live Sports

Apple's iPhone 17 Pro has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame after being used during a live Friday Night Baseball broadcast on Apple TV+. The move signals Apple's deepening ambitions in live sports and validates its hardware-as-broadcast-tool strategy.
www.webpronews.com www.webpronews.com
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Ugh. Not only is that article plainly written by AI, but the "Notice an error?" button at the bottom (to let unpaid people proofread it) is just gauche.

(This isn't a comment about you, just about where journalism is headed.)
 
bkendig said:
Ugh. Not only is that article plainly written by AI, but the "Notice an error?" button at the bottom (to let unpaid people proofread it) is just gauche.

(This isn't a comment about you, just about where journalism is headed.)
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As baseball fan I don’t really care where button is on the page. The content is fine AI or not. Like I said a gadget device, a piece of equipment going to Cooperatown is not unique.
 
Depressing Coopertown is willing to water down what historic and greatness mean. This iPhone no more belongs there than an Elephant on a cruise ship. 1. the game itself was great, but not historic by any means. 2. The iPhone pro's video capabilities are great and well known, but this wasn't exactly a "Mr. Watson, come here; I want you" moment.

This is nothing more than a bald face commercial in the guise of feigning Historical! But if everything is historical than nothing is.
 
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