Why would I, a known Red Sox fan, be interested in the screen shot at left grabbed from a video of Yankee A-Rod's 500'th homer? Because it's the first instance, or at least the first I know about, of a major league (not to mention Major League) site using Silverlight. The press release that told me about this follows: Microsoft is happy to share that MLB.com, the official website of Major League The press release that told me about this follows: Microsoft is happy to share that MLB.com, the official website of Major League Baseball, has deployed a new online media player using Microsoft Silverlight 1.0. MLB.com first announced support for Silverlight at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Conference earlier this year and previewed the new player during the keynote at the Microsoft MIX’07 conference. MLB.com has been looking for a way to bring a more interactive and enticing media experience to baseball fans around the world. With Silverlight, MLB.com will reach an even broader audience while pursuing new media experiences for its viewers. The new player provides fans with a richer, more interactive experience on MLB.com by engaging users to share baseball video with the capability to email directly from the media player. To take a look at the new player, please go here and to see how the new video player will be integrated into existing MLB.com content, please go here. Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-platform, cross-browser plug-in for delivering media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web. Silverlight helps media companies deliver interactive web experiences with higher quality, broader reach, and greater control while reducing delivery costs. In addition, Silverlight is compatible with the millions of hours of existing Windows Media content. A feature complete release candidate (RC) of Silverlight was released on July 27th. Software Development