diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index e49ac3e52..14133c315 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ from .metacafe import MetacafeIE
 from .metacritic import MetacriticIE
 from .mit import TechTVMITIE, MITIE, OCWMITIE
 from .mixcloud import MixcloudIE
+from .mlb import MlbIE
 from .mpora import MporaIE
 from .mofosex import MofosexIE
 from .mooshare import MooshareIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mlb.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mlb.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61ba58843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mlb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class MlbIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'http?://m\.mlb\.com/video/topic/[0-9]+/v(?P<id>n?\d+)/.*$'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/81536970/v34496663/mianym-stanton-practices-for-the-home-run-derby',
+        'md5': u'd9c022c10d21f849f49c05ae12a8a7e9',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '34496663',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'format': 'mp4',
+            'description': "7/11/14: Giancarlo Stanton practices for the Home Run Derby prior to the game against the Mets",
+            'title': "Stanton prepares for Derby",
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        title = self._og_search_title(webpage, default=video_id)
+        description = self._html_search_regex(r'<meta name="description" (?:content|value)="(.*?)"/>', webpage, 'description', fatal=False)
+        thumbnail = self._html_search_regex(r'<meta itemprop="image" (?:content|value)="(.*?)" />', webpage, 'image', fatal=False)
+
+        # use the video_id to find the Media detail XML
+        id_len = len(video_id)
+        _mediadetail_url = 'http://m.mlb.com/gen/multimedia/detail/'+video_id[id_len-3]+'/'+video_id[id_len-2]+'/'+video_id[id_len-1]+'/'+video_id+'.xml'
+        
+        mediadetails = self._download_xml(_mediadetail_url, video_id, "Downloading media detail...")
+        has1500K = 0
+        has1200K = 0
+        has600K = 0
+        # loop through the list of url's and only get the highest quality MP4 content
+        for element in mediadetails.findall('url'):
+            scenario = element.attrib['playback_scenario']
+            if scenario.startswith(u'FLASH'):
+                if scenario.startswith(u'FLASH_1800K'):
+                    video_url = element.text
+                    # 1800K is the current highest quality video on MLB.com
+                    break
+                else:
+                    if scenario.startswith(u'FLASH_1500K'):
+                        video_url = element.text
+                        has1500K = 1
+                    else:
+                        if (scenario.startswith(u'FLASH_1200K') and not has1500K):
+                            video_url = element.text
+                            has1200K = 1
+                        else:
+                            if (scenario.startswith(u'FLASH_600K') and not has1200K):
+                                video_url = element.text
+                                has600K = 1
+                            else:
+                                if (scenario.startswith(u'FLASH_300K') and not has600K):
+                                    video_url = element.text
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'url': video_url,
+            'extractor': 'mlb',
+            'webpage_url': url,
+            'title': title,
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'format': 'mp4',
+            'description': description,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+        }