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*[[Wolfmother]]- "[[Joker and the Thief]]" |
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*[[Wylde Bunch]]- "[[Yeah Yeah (Stomp The Bleachers)]]" |
*[[Wylde Bunch]]- "[[Yeah Yeah (Stomp The Bleachers)]]" |
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==Bugs and Flaws== |
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{{trivia|date=November 2007}} |
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{{Original research|date=November 2007}} |
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*[[Boston Red Sox]] center fielder [[Coco Crisp]] and [[San Francisco Giants]] center fielder [[Fred Lewis]] both appear [[Caucasian race|Caucasian]] in the game, however, in real life, they are African-American. |
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*[[Josh Beckett]]'s [[E.R.A.]] in [[2006]] was 5.01. But, in the game, his E.R.A. is 5.02. |
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*During Season Mode, when you make a trade or place a player on the active or inactive roster, your entire lineup will be changed. This also happens in Franchise Mode and Features Mode before beginning a season or franchise. |
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*[[Sammy Sosa]] is not featured in the PlayStation 2 or PlayStation Portable Version because he was signed by the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] after the game was completed. Sosa is already on the roster in the PlayStation 3 Version, but is available on PSP via roster download. |
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*[[RFK Stadium]] does not have blue walls or include a scoreboard above the bleachers above [[center field]]. But in the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable Version, it does. |
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*The blue alternate jersey for the [[Chicago Cubs]] is still featured in this game, even though they made an announcement that they will be no longer wear these uniforms. |
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*In the [[McAfee Coliseum]], the game says that the capacity of the stadium is 34,177; but in reality, it's 34,077. |
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*The black alternate jerseys for the [[Colorado Rockies]] and the [[New York Mets]] are not featured in the PlayStation 2 or PlayStation Portable Version, but are on the PlayStation 3 version. |
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*The alternate home jersey for the [[Minnesota Twins]] is not featured in the game. |
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*The red "Astros" alternate jersey for the [[Houston Astros]] is not featured in the game, but they do have the red "Houston" alternate. However, the team uses both jerseys for home (''Astros'') and road (''Houston''). |
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*The blue alternate jersey for the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] is not featured in the game. |
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*[[Dustin Pedroia]] is given a picture of [[Dustan Mohr]]'s Boston Red Sox headshot instead of his own picture. Dustan Mohr is in the game on the [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]] with his own Devil Rays headshot. This is only on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable versions. |
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*[[David Aardsma]]'s player card does not include him; it is actually a picture of [[Horacio Ramírez]]. |
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*[[Jeff Baker]]'s player card does not include him; it is actually a picture of [[Charlie Haeger]]. Interestingly enough, Charlie Haeger does not have his own player card picture. |
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*During ''Road To The Show'' mode, if you are told that you will be placed on the Trade Block, any time you try to view the Rumor Mill after that it will cause your game to restart and you will be sent to the [[PlayStation]] system screen. |
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*[[Tomo Ohka]] of the [[Seattle Mariners]] bats right handed in the game. He is actually a switch hitter. |
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*[[Jose Valentin]] of the New York Mets bats only left handed in the game, but in real life he is a switch hitter. |
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*In a season, if a player has an ERA over 100.00, no matter what their ERA will be listed as 99.00. However, they have the proper ERA when you look at the player's career stats page. |
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*When you call a player up from Double A to Triple A and then send the player back down to Double A, the player's Double A stats will be reset to 0. This also happens when you send a player from Triple A to Double A, and back to Triple A. This also happens in the ''Road to the Show'' mode. |
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*Sometimes the bullpen dialog will lead to an [[endless loop]] where you are asked to switch out the other team's pitcher. |
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*When it is one out in the top of 7th at [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City]], [[Matt Vasgersian]] will refer to the game (just an ordinary regular season game), as the 2008 All Star Game at [[Yankee Stadium]]. |
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*Atlanta's [[Pete Orr]] is announced as a switch hitter by [[Matt Vasgersian]]; in real life, he bats left handed. |
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*The hats the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] wear on their alternate home jerseys are wrong. They wear the new Black hats with the red "A" as opposed to the new Sedona Red ones. |
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*If you unlock the "Run Really Fast" cheat and use it in a game, it will eventually throw you off base and force you to run off the base path, most likely being chased down and tagged out easily. |
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*At [[Jacobs Field]], where the [[Cleveland Indians]] play, a mid-upper section of seats in right center field is added that does not exist in real life. |
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*Sometimes Matt Vasgersian will refer to a slider as a cutter. He will also refer a cutter as a 2 seam fastball. |
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*Although [[Troy Glaus]] is on the [[Toronto Blue Jays]], Matt Vasgersian will still refer to him as the top power threat of the Arizona Diamondbacks. |
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*If you hit a home run in Franchise mode during an All-Star Game, it counts for that player during the regular season. |
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*Top vote getters for the All-Star Game don't always appear in the All-Star Game itself. If they do, sometimes they don't make the starting lineup. |
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*In career mode the umpires are wearing major league hats, not triple AAA or AA hats. |
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*During [[Spring Training]], Career Mode is inaccurate due to the fact that there would be many other spring training invitees besides your created player. |
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*When playing the [[Washington Nationals]] at home, a player's high socks and long sleeves are blue, but in real life, they are red. |
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*The Baltimore Orioles jerseys feature the baby bird logo on the left sleeve of their jerseys. The Orioles have not had that logo on their jerseys since the 2003 season. |
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*Roster cannot be expanded from 25 players to 40 players at the beginning of September in all game modes. |
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*[[Erik Bedard]]'s pitching stats are not featured when looking at the rotation. You have to look at his player card to find out his stats. |
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*The number on the front of the [[Dodgers]] jerseys in the game are blue, but in real life the Dodgers wear a red number in front. |
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*[[Brett Tomko]] is introduced by the PA announcer as [[Brett Myers]]. |
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*In Franchise mode, even if you hire coaches, you suddenly do not have a coaching staff. Coaches disappear. |
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*Sometimes when a fly ball is hit, it will appear to ricochet off and invisible ceiling, and a fielder will catch the ball. |
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* [[Red Sox]] reliever [[Craig Breslow]] has a caucasian face on an African-American body. |
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*At New Busch Stadium in St. Louis, there is a reflection of the old Busch Stadium (torn down in 2005) in the windows of a building beyond left field. |
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*Occasionaly some players will appear in the lineup twice at two different positions (most notably with Nook Logan of the Washington Nationals) and this will require you to switch teams and call a pinch hitter, or fast-forward into the game to continue playing that game. |
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*Sometimes when a ground ball is hit straight over 2nd base to the center fielder, the announcer makes a comment like "Well, you see the ball bounce off the wall there; as far as I'm concerned, he should be standing at second." When really it didn't go anywhere near the wall. |
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*All catchers in the game are rated unusually high. |
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*When throwing the ball to a player running to a base, your player will lob the ball high in the air, allowing the runner to advance even more bases. |
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*Sometimes when editing a player their face will appear to be completely snow white. |
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*Most players (notably [[Sal Fasano]]) who have moustaches in real life, even in their headshot, don't have them when they play. |
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*Taking second base on [[defensive indifference]] counts as a stolen base for the player's stats. |
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*Playoff schedules are sometimes staggered incorrectly. For example, many times there is a rest day between games 1 and 2 of a best-out-of-seven-games series. |
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*The primary consideration for a series MVP in the playoffs is the [[batting average]], even if the player has little to no [[RBI]]. |
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*Players are not considered for the [[batting title]] without a minimum number of [[plate appearances]] even if they have a high enough batting average to take advantage of the [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|exception to the qualification rule]]. Similarly, such players are also not considered for the MVP award. However, they are considered for the Rookie of the Year Award, if applicable. |
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*There is only one [[Silver Slugger]] Award for each league, not one for each position in each league as it should be. |
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*There is a Playoff Award for each league. They shouldn't exist. |
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*[[Gold glove]] awards are awarded based purely on fielding percentage, whereas in real life it would be awarded based mainly on the player's reputation and to a lesser degree on his [[range factor]]. |
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*Because most starting pitchers have perfect fielding percentages, the Gold Glove pitcher will always go to a player from the first team in line for each league. (Orioles for AL, Braves for NL) |
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*There is a salary cap of twenty million dollars per year per player, even for the [[New York Yankees]]. |
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*A player who has gaudy stats from his career can command a 10-year contract for twenty million dollars per year even in his early forties. However the game forces a player to retire at age 45 regardless. And any team will award such a contract, even teams that would be unlikely to do so in the real Major Leagues. |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
Revision as of 11:20, 23 May 2008
MLB 07: The Show | |
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Developer(s) | SCEA |
Publisher(s) | SCEA |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP |
Release | February 26, 2007 (PS2, PSP) May 15, 2007 (PS3) (NA) |
Genre(s) | Sports |
Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
MLB 07: The Show, produced by Sony Studios, is a baseball video game for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and PSP. It is the only first-party MLB-licensed video game for the 2007 season, and the only baseball game available for the PlayStation systems aside from Major League Baseball 2K7. For this reason, it is likely to draw attention to the brand and franchise, while the top selling baseball video game developers of previous seasons, notably EA Sports, are forced to devise creative alternatives. The PlayStation 2 and the PSP versions of this game were released on February 27, 2007 while the PlayStation 3 version was released on May 15, 2007.
New York Mets all-star third baseman David Wright is featured on the cover. The three-man team of announcers once again include Rex Hudler, Matt Vasgersian and Dave Campbell.
Gameplay
New features for the PlayStation 2 version[1][2] include:
- Road to the Show is a roleplaying aspect in which players must complete specific goals in specific situations. On offense, the goals are things such as getting on base, driving in runs, or when on base, not getting picked off.
- Adaptive Pitching Intelligence: is a feature similar to the Inside Edge feature of Major League Baseball 2K7, catchers will now relay a hitter's tendencies to the pitcher.
- Pitch Command system: pitchers now have patterns on how to attack a hitter, and can break that pattern to confuse the hitter.
- Variable Strike Zones: some umpires now have personal strike zones, in addition to the previous edition's individual personalities.
- Online League Play: the ability to set up customizable leagues of 6 to 30 teams with full stat tracking, point benefits and rewards. Customizable aspects include the league including players, teams, and length of schedule.
- Enhanced MLB Ticker: is a live, online stat tracking of actual MLB games being played has been upgraded to include who is on base, pitching, batting, on-deck and full inning-by-inning box scores.
- Real Time Rosters: the game featured the ability to play with the exact lineup each MLB team was actually playing with on that day via download from MLB.com.
- New Pitches: pitches such as a sweeping curveball, running fastball, and 12-6 curveball can be chosen for a pitcher. The gyroball is available only to Daisuke Matsuzaka (Tate Baik). The game manual lists the eephus pitch as a pitch, but like the gyroball, this pitch cannot be used on career, created, or edited players.
Player name changes
Because the following players are not members of the MLBPA, they are used in the game under alias names. All players mentioned in this section were removed from the MLBPA because of being used as replacement players during the 1994 Major League Baseball strike except Barry Bonds, who quit himself, and Daisuke Matsuzaka, who was not in the MLBPA when the game was made. Oddly, Kei Igawa was not in the MLBPA when the game was made, however he is in the game.
Team = MLB 07: The Show Alias (Real Name)
- Baltimore Orioles = 1B Ivan Jimenez (Kevin Millar)
- Baltimore Orioles = RP Steve Cardwell (Jamie Walker)
- Boston Red Sox = RP Vince Stewart (Brendan Donnelly)
- Boston Red Sox= SP Tate Baik (Daisuke Matsuzaka)
- Daisuke Matsuzaka is provided via an online roster update only on PlayStation 2 Version. Matsuzaka is already part of the MLBPA in the PlayStation 3 Version.
- Cincinnati Reds = RP Greg Batalucco (Matt Herges)
- Colorado Rockies = RP Ricky Lawson (Tom Martin)
- Milwaukee Brewers = C Chris Gill (Damian Miller)
- San Francisco Giants = LF Reggie Stocker (Barry Bonds)
- Texas Rangers = RP Ed Brady (Ron Mahay)
Soundtrack
- A Static Lullaby - "Hang 'Em High"
- Alexisonfire- "This Could Be Anywhere In The World"
- Chevelle- "Antisaint"
- Earl Greyhound- "All Better Now"
- Early Man- "Feeding Frenzy"
- Embassy- "Gravity"
- Fall Out Boy- "The Carpal Tunnel of Love"
- Halifax- "Nightmare
- Jet- "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"
- Maxeen- "Loud As War"
- My Chemical Romance- "This Is How I Disappear"
- Over It- "Caught in a Rundown"
- Ratatat- "Loud Pipes"
- Switchfoot- "Oh! Gravity"
- Test Your Reflex- "Black Hearts"
- The Checks- "What You Heard"
- The Photo Atlas- "Red, Orange, Yellow"
- Wolfmother- "Joker and the Thief"
- Wylde Bunch- "Yeah Yeah (Stomp The Bleachers)"
Reception
Reviews have generally been positive. The April 2007 issue of Game Informer awarded the PlayStation 2 version an 8.75. Of the online reviews, UGO awarded B-, with sub-ratings of a B for the gameplay and a C+ for the presentation. Yahoo! Games awarded the game an 80%, praising the number of available modes, The Road to the Show feature in particular. Gamespot awarded the game an 8.5, as compared to the 7.4 they gave for MLB 2K7. The PSP version got an 8.0. IGN also awarded the game an 8.5, as compared to the 7.0 score MLB 2K7 received, but IGN gave the PSP version a 7.9 score. All in total, Metacritic's score totals it up to an average of 83, which is generally favorable. Overall, MLB 07: The Show has received a higher audience with nearly 71% of gamers playing The Show over MLB 2K7. The only negative rating comes from Game Trailers, which gave the game a 6.9, saying that "If you’re looking for a starter hardball game, then it is definitely a good choice, but one more season of lethargy and Sony will be caught stealing."