On Sunday, August 23 the Renegades became the first professional team to broadcast a game live on Twitter via Twitcam. Roughly 1,000 views tuned in to watch the Renegades take on the Staten Island Yankees. The Renegades will be broadcasting another game on Twitcam September 3rd vs. the Brooklyn Cyclones (Mets affiliate), with first pitch slated for 7:05 p.m.


The first televised professional baseball games were broadcast on August 26, 1939 from Ebbetts Field, as fans watched the Brooklyn Dodgers split a doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds. Seventy years later, the Hudson Valley Renegades are excited to announce the first ever live game broadcast on Twitter.

The Renegades (Tampa Bay Rays affiliate) will take on the Staten Island Yankees (NY Yankees affiliate) on August 23, 2009 at 1:05pm. Fans can visit the Renegades Twitter page at http://twitter.com/hvrenegades to watch the live broadcast, beginning at 12:50pm.

“This technology is extremely exciting and opens the door to endless possibilities,” said the Goldklang Group Vice President of Marketing and Operations Tyler Tumminia. “The Hudson Valley Renegades pride themselves on being on the cutting edge of technology and that is why they jumped at this opportunity to lead the way in a technology I know is soon to be used by teams across the world.”

The event will run on Livestream’s Twitcam platform and will be sponsored by MyMobileTeam. The broadcast will feature professional announcers, onscreen stats and video shots from four different cameras. Fans will be able to chat with each other while watching the game, thanks to Twitcam.

“It’s a great opportunity for fans of the Rays and Yankees to see some of their prospects play, no matter where they live,” said John Fitzgerald of MyMobileTeam. “Beyond that, we hope that baseball fans from across the world check out this historic broadcast.”

Fans will also be able to watch the Renegades take on the Brooklyn Cyclones (New York Mets Affiliate) on September 3 at 6:50 p.m. Once again, fans will be able to access the broadcast by visiting http://twitter.com/hvrenegades.

About the Hudson Valley Renegades: The Hudson Valley Renegades are a short-season Class A minor league affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, playing in the New York-Penn League. For more information, visit hvrenegades.com.

About Livestream & Twitcam: Livestream provides everything needed to easily webcast live, build an engaged audience and monetize these efforts. Twitcam was developed using the Livestream API.

Twitter users need only to log in to twitcam.com using an existing Twitter user name and password and press the ‘go live’ button. Twitcam automatically detects the camera, creates a page and live video player for the broadcast, and posts the link in the user’s Twitter.

About MyMobileTeam: MyMobileTeam provides mobile marketing and technology solutions to professional and collegiate sports teams. For more information, visit MyMobileTeam.com.