Tag archive: Baseball

Baseball is boring. There, I said it, and I’m not sorry at all. In fact it feels liberating to admit that. The game is too long and more than 160 games in a season is ridiculous. And I am far from alone in thinking that. Maybe attention spans have shortened since the glory days of the American pastime. Maybe there is just more to do now. In either case, I mention all that as a roundabout form of congratulations to the people behind Moneyball,… Read More

Take that, Skynet! Kinda tough to have your robots crushing human skulls under their metal feet when they can't even throw a simple baseball across home plate. Yesterday was Science Day at the Ballpark for the Phillies/Brewers game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Penn. To celebrate, a custom robot built for the Philadelphia Science Festival — the aptly named PhillieBot — was invited to throw out the first pitch at the… Read More

While graphic tees aren't exactly the height of style once you've reached adulthood, there's no shame in having a few in your closet, especially if they are as visually clever as this series from Nike. The Nike Hair-itage Player Tees ($20, and yes they really used that pun) feature simple drawings of famous baseball players with the finest signature haircuts, mustaches, and goatees. Cast in the player's team colors, each… Read More

The MLB 2K franchise has had its share of ups and downs over the years. The series was once great, then went through some odd redesigns that nearly killed it, then it hit its stride and pumped out several titles that while not amazing, have managed to satiate baseball fans on the Xbox 360. When compared with the PS3 exclusive, MLB 11 The Show, they were not able to top that franchise, but for Xbox 360 users that want a baseball title, the MLB… Read More

I should start out by saying that I am not a “baseball guy”. I played as a kid, used to watch games all the time, and I’ve played more than my fair share of baseball video games, but I have never been into the minutia of the stat tracking, and with the exception of the playoffs I don’t really follow the sport. Perhaps it has something to do with growing up as a beleaguered fan of the Kansas City Royals. But after playing MLB 11 The Show, I might… Read More

It's one of the more bizarre uses of technology by a government agency in recent memory. Last night during the Major League Baseball playoff game between the San Francisco Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies, someone at the Wall Street Journal noticed that the Federal Communication Commission's Twitter feed read, “Matt Cain relieved after 7 strong, 2 H, 0 ER. Giants scored on two singles, throwing error. SF up 3-0 top 9.” The tweet… Read More

Video games have an eerily accurate record when using their simulated settings to predict the winner of major sporting events, especially EA, which correctly picked Spain as the World Cup champions, and has predicted six of the last seven winners of the Super Bowl. Now 2K Sports wants a piece of the predicting pie, and doing so with MLB2K10. Today 2K Sports officially announced the results of their playoff simulations for the end of the… Read More

Sony has announced PlayStation 3 owners can now watch live out-of-market Major League Baseball games via the Internet using a new MLB.TV application for the PlayStation network. The application will be available to PS3 owners in the United States and Canada, and will enable MLB.TV subscribers to tap into high-definition feeds of live games via their gaming console—and the app isn't just boring MLB.TV, it has new features… Read More

The previously rumored baseball game MLB Power Pros moved a little closer to reality Friday with an official announcement from 2K Sports and Konami, and a loose release date set sometime in the fall for North America. The companies confirmed details of the game, along with its availability on both Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2. Unlike most other professional sports games, Japan’s Power Pros franchise discards realism, favoring… Read More

MSN has teamed up with LA production company LivePlanet to create Fan Club: Reality Baseball, a new unscripted reality program for the new MSN Originals initiative. MSN announced the MSN Originals idea back in May 2006, with the idea that MSN would produce original video programming for the Internet, with advertisers integrated into the productions from the very beginning. Described as “Bull Durham meets fantasy sports,” the… Read More

2K Sports, the sports publishing label for Take-Two Interactive Software, continued the rollout of its Major League Baseball 2K6 video game across multiple platforms as today it said an Xbox 360 version was now available in stores. This particular incarnation is available for $59.99. Major League Baseball 2K6 for the Xbox 360, said 2K Sports, reportedly adds an extra level of realism for gamers using this next generation console. These extra… Read More

2K Sports, a Take-Two Interactive Software publishing label, today said they'd pitched Major League Baseball 2K6 to retailers in time for MLB opening day. The game is priced at $39.99 and initially available for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 video game systems. Separate releases for the Xbox 360, GameCube and PlayStation Portable are forthcoming. Major League Baseball 2K6, said 2K Sports, is the only officially licensed MLB video game… Read More