Not to nitpick the author and his anecdote, but the MLB At Bat app actually affords the user considerable control over what you do and don't receive in a push n

Not to nitpick the author and his anecdote, but the MLB At Bat app actually affords the user considerable control over what you do and don't receive in a push notification. There's the binary yes/no for news, and then you can add your favorite teams (wherein you'll only receive notifications that have to do with those teams). You can further enable/disable things like game start, lead change, score change, game end, highlights, and game news. You can do all of this sorted by team. TBH it's probably the best experience I have with an app that gives me notifications because I get exactly what I want and not a push more.