Knowing if a fastball or breaking ball was coming my way, I could square up many pitches to wait for my ideal pitch to hit. For example, I would look for something on the outside plate with Derek Jeter, so my focus was on hitting the ball to right field. As a batter up in a crucial moment, I could time my batting and wait on certain pitches. Knowing what pitch is coming, * cough Astros cough*, made hitting so much fun. If you did not time this right, you could leave a breaking ball flat over the plate, which means trouble.įor batting, MVP Baseball 2005 brought in the hitter’s eye, which shows you what pitch is coming. You had this wind-up wheel for pitching that you had to time correctly to throw an effective pitch. MVP Baseball 2005 did something that many games could not get right, and that was make pitching and batting fun. There were so many elements to unlock in the game like new stadiums, jerseys, and players that it made the game fun. My friends and I would play at the Polo Grounds with the Boston Red Sox and Yankees and see what damage we could do. I spent hours upon hours each night before bed, scrolling through the stats and figuring out what contracts I could expand with my payroll.Īnother exciting part of the game was playing at old ballparks. I was obsessed looking at stats of my Major League Baseball players, how much money I made via ticket sales and more. It is no surprise that fifteen years later, I run my own business, TM Blast, and love the numbers behind everything. Even moving a fielder from the outfield to the infield would have significant consequences in throwing accuracy, precisely like real baseball.Įasily my favorite part of MVP Baseball 2005 was the owner mode of a baseball team. You felt like you were playing in the big leagues with the amount of detail put into this game. MVP Baseball brought a sense of realism to MLB player batting stances, fielding techniques, and stamina. Video games began looking good in the mid-2000s for video game players. Nostalgia is a factor in why I rank MVP Baseball 2005 so high, but having the ability to have strategy discussions with my friends about different minor league players was truly special at school. Having MVP Baseball available for Nintendo GameCube allowed me to share the same experience as my friends with their other platforms. I had a Nintendo GameCube in 2005, so some games never came to Nintendo like that did with PlayStation or Xbox. Here are the details for why this game from EA Sports is truly the greatest sports game around still. From multi-platform availability, cutting graphics, a deep franchise with owner mode, and fun pitching and hitting, and more, you had the best baseball game around. There are many reasons why MVP Baseball 2005 is the greatest baseball game around. Here is the breakdown of why this masterpiece continues to be the best baseball video game around. The amount of joy that this game gave me when I was fifteen still holds all these years later. MVP Baseball 2005 is the best baseball video game, period.