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MLB 09: The Show - PlayStation 2

Publisher: Sony  |   SKU: 9213139
Release Date: 3/3/2009  |  
ESRB Rating: E=Everyone
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4.0 of 5 4.0 of 5 (5 reviews)
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May contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, and/or mild language. Check below for details
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Gameplay designed for one person.

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Baseball simulation offers incredibly realistic experience.

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Synopsis
Get ready to step out onto the diamond as MLB 09: The Show delivers a truly authentic baseball experience. An array of exciting new and improved features combine for incredibly realistic sports gameplay, from the intricacy of Adaptive Pitching Intelligence, which gives you the choice to trust your catcher or shake him off, to the power of Franchise Mode 2.0, which offers a 40-man roster, salary arbitration, waiver transactions and September call-ups. Hone your skills in Road to the Show 3.0, which combines interactive training, new settings, a new steal/lead-off system, presentations and coach interactions, and create your own leagues with the Online Leagues and the Online Season Leagues feature, which now gives you the opportunity to hold a fully functional draft and utilize a flex schedule.

MLB 09: The Show offers a variety of ways to customize your baseball experience, from creating your perfect roster to selecting news headlines. See if you can call all the right pitches, control base runners down to the last detail and guide every batter under your control to perform beyond his statistical ability. Put your pitching talents on display with the Pitch Command System and Release Point Pitching. With unprecedented online options, hundreds of personalized animations, virtually infinite options for player creation, even the option to insert your own face with the help of your EyeToy camera (not included), and nuances including wild pitches, broken bats and check swings, MLB 09: The Show places you right at the center of the MLB-style action.

Features

  • Feel the stadium come to life around you with coordinated crowds, team colors and audio for each team and specific players
  • Increase the energy of the baseball experience with comprehensive, progressive commentary from Rex Hudler, Matt Vasgersian and Dave Campbell
  • Build up your highlight reel with an enhanced Career mode, which incorporates a new Career Spotlight that underscores all your accomplishments and failures, and control salary, playing time, team performance and more in an enhanced franchise mode
  • View detailed pitcher and batter analyses for both in-game and post-game to help you make educated matchup decisions
  • Save your progress in the middle of a game or inning at any time in your career, franchise or season
  • Find an online opponent who matches your skill level with SportsConnect Online User Tracking (SCOUT)
  • Experience authentic fielding with unassisted fielding control, multibranch fielding that lets you take full control of fielders and PlayMaker fielding that lets you play to your team's strengths and weaknesses
  • Set up and maintain multigame rivalries in Rivalry mode
  • Figure out each umpire's differing definition of the strike zone to enhance your success
  • Take on the role of a big-league manager with game time decisions that let you take full control of your team

Customer Reviews

MLB 09: The Show - PlayStation 2 (4 out of 5)
Good but Frustrating
3
Posted by: from Baltimore, MD on 12/24/2009Overall game is good, but the mode Road to the Show where you create your own player and put him through the majors is nearly impossible. You cant get a good hit even if you time the hit perfectly and 9/10 you hit a grounder or a pop up. And the attributes take forever to upgrade. You get over 400 points and your running skill only goes up 4 points. If you want the game for the Career mode, dont get it. You will only spend hours and hours yelling at your T.V. But if you just want to play it for fun, then get it.

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Good game
4
Posted by: from Place, Placeland on 04/10/2009It is a good game that I would recommend to a friend, but the career mode, which is the main reason I buy these games, is extremely difficult. The amount of attributes you can give your player is the same, but hitting or getting outs is 10 times as difficult. My fielders run away from the ball. It also takes too many training points to improve. My fielder was a 65 in speed and I put 400 points into his speed and he became a 68. But I am just venting, I probably just need to work at it more. It is a fun game to play, and the franchise mode and the actualy gameplay are great.

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good game
4
Posted by: from NJ on 03/25/2009I would rarely lose in last years game, this year they added an additional difficulty level as well as timing and location on the swing. If you are not looking to be challenged or have a more "realistic" experience don't buy the game.

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mlb 09 the show
5
Posted by: from Winston-Salem,NorthCarolina on 03/03/2009This game just came out today and i got it. it is way better then last years version with the new superstar type thing where u make your own player and adjust his grip on the bat. The feilds are also more relistic. i would definitly recommend anyone to buy this game

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If your a baseball fan you have to have it
4
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