PS3 owners go positively gaga every year over Sony’s highly praised MLB: The Show. PlayStation 2 and original Xbox maniacs adored EA Sports’ MVP Baseball 2005, a game that’s still applauded as one of the best baseball extravaganzas ever. Even way back in the dinosaur days of the early ’80s.

When Microsoft’s Windows was but a gleam in Bill Gates’ eye, there was Major League Baseball for the Intellivision—justifiably the best-selling title ever for Mattel’s memorable old-school gaming system. We could prattle on if we weren’t under certain word-count restrictions, but the point is that most every console of note has had a really great baseball game to accompany it.
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Omir Santos tried on his new batting gloves, said to slow the impact of a harmful fastball down to the mere annoyance of a junkball, and voiced excitement. "I think it's going to help," the New York Mets catcher said. "It sounds like it's going to work."
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