The writing was on the wall

After Real said it was suing a division of Major League Baseball over who has the rights to stream baseball games, it was only a matter of time before MLB inked a deal with Microsoft and AOL to serve up the disputed content. As part of the deal, MSN Premium users (free with your Verizon DSL) get to listen to any of 250 games every month. AOL subscribers get a similar deal. For non-MSN and AOL users, MLB offers a $20/month subscription to the same content.