I have subscribed to the MLB.TV service since the beginning of the 2005 season, allowing me to watch about 95% of the Mets games over that span. I’ve also been able to watch historic moments (such as Clay Buchholz’s no-hitter, which aired on a Saturday night, thus not even ESPN broke to it) and interesting match-ups (like Barry Zito’s first game against the Athletics). I’m a big fan of the service since all you need to subscribe is an internet connection, instead of a bulky, unnecessary digital cable package. And the actual cost of MLB.TV is less than that of MLB Extra Innings.

But enough shilling for MLB.TV. When I first got the service, it arbitrarily chose some networks over others. For example, Yankees games were virtually all shown on YES, and Red Sox games were virtually all shown on NESN. For the most part, the Mets’ home announcers were chosen more often than not, if memory serves.

But then, MLB.TV took a more fair approach, deciding to carry only the home team’s broadcasts. As a result, I’ve had to suffer through hearing the Braves, Nationals, Marlins, and Phillies announcers more than I’d like. (For instance, that horrid four-game Mets-Phillies series was in Philadelphia last year, so the sounds were of jubiliant Phillies announcers, not downtrodden Mets ones.) Only games that were blacked out by the home team were carried by the road team’s announcers.

But now, MLB.TV’s premium service has added the feature that I think all subscribers really wanted — the ability to choose between home and road feeds. And with that, MLB.TV has risen in value tenfold. I still have the regular MLB.TV service, since I normally don’t have the time to watch six games at once, but now I’ll have to seriously think about getting the premium service. And I’ll probably just splurge for it because choice of feeds is such an awesome feature.

So yeah, MLB.TV rocks. And now it offers SNY for 162 games.