Loving the MLB At Bat 11 app on my iPhone, which let me listen in on today’s Braves vs. Mets game as I was out running some errands. I often prefer audio broadcasts over TV because the biased announcing leads to some good one-liners. 

Got a laugh out of this one today: Oliver Perez came in to pitch for the Mets, and a member of the Braves’ broadcast team states, “In contrast to [missed the name here] who did a good job eating innings for the Mets last year, Perez has been a great salary eater …”

Ah, so funny.

It was funnier still when Perez walked three and gave up three runs.

Anyway, in addition to the new At Bat app I’m also laughing over the fact you can download your favorite team’s 2011 calendars into Outlook or whatever mail client you use–even for mobile devices–and you can set notifications to remind you when the games are about to start.

My first reaction was this is silly, why would I need a reminder when the Rays or Braves are about to play … as if I’d forget about a baseball game? 

However … I’ve since downloaded both the Rays and the Braves 2011 season schedules and I’ve got to say, loving it.

And as I was perusing the brand new events scheduled on my iPhone calendar, one final thought came to me: I love day baseball, and when the regular season starts I hate that on most week days we only get two windows for games. 

Essentially 7pm and 10pm EST, give or take–you know the drill.

Too many good matchups are being played at the same time and there are so many other hours during the day, say, for example, while I’m at work, that are being wasted because there are no games to listen to on this amazing technology that lets us follow our teams essentially anywhere we go.

That being said, anyone out there with pull in the Commissioner’s Office … tell Bud it’d be great if we could get four windows for games every day: 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm EST … give or take.