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MVP Baseball is the best baseball game on the market. First of all, gameplay is far more realistic than MLB 2004 and All-Star baseball 2004. You're not gonna hit home runs every at-bat. You can score runs by moving guys around and getting key hits. In batting, you have to time the pitch and aim your swing. There are no batting cursors, so when you play against another human you're not gonna strike out 20 times against Pedro. EA Sports came up with "mistake pitches" which are a great idea. When the pitcher makes a mistake, a round circle will appear on the screen, so you get a tip-off to aim your swing.
The pitching is decent. You control how you pitch with a meter. One end controls how effective your pitch is (i.e. big break on a curve, high velocity on a fastball). The other controls how accurate the pitch is. As the pitcher gets into the later innings, it becomes harder to throw an effective and accurate pitch just like in the majors.
There is yet another meter in fielding. When you field the ball, you hold down the base you want to throw to. Hold it down long, and you'll get a hard throw with the risk of throwing it wild. On a one-hop shot to third, barely hold it down to get an accurate, slow throw. The only problem with the throwing meter is that on a relay home, your fielder will wait for you to hold down the button, and the guy will be safe at home.
Franchise mode is awesome. You have a set of franchise goals to accomplish, and you get a manager rating based upon these goals and your winning percentage. Also, CPU teams will offer you trades, and as GM you can choose to accept or decline them. There is a cool little box in the right hand corner that allows you to see your division's standings, your upcoming opponents, and your payroll.
Next year if EA Sports integrates Madden 2004's new owner mode and create-a-team into this game, MVP 2004 will continue to be ahead of the pack.

I've played many baseball games on all types of systems, and MVP Baseball is the best. The graphics are great in the game, and the system for hitting and pitching is awsome. When hitting, you are shown the hot and cold zones for your hitter. You use the left analog controller to decide what direction to try to hit to. When pitching, you actually are the pitcher, not the catcher. Before you throw each pitch, you locate it, then ther is a bar where you have to stop it in the red zone (you'll understand what I'm saying when you see). The game also has a franchise mode that's pretyy entertaining. There are a few glitches like when you throw the ball to someone near a base to try to tag that person out, they sometimes move very akwardly and take several seconds to get there which is too late or when they try to tag the person out, they misposition themselves and completly miss and easy tag. These by far are the most anoying glitches. Here are some other pros and cons.

Pros- Franchise
batter and pithing interface
fast load times
can be very adictive

Cons- glitches
feilding ackwardness

There are a ton of more pros, and overall this is a must by for any baseball fan with a PS2 (if you don't have one, get one. Can't get one, barrow one. Can't borrow one, play it at the store) Yep, it's worth all this trouble.

MVP Baseball 2003 is a fun game. What I like most about the game is that when you pitch, you can control of how accurate your pitch is going to be. When you select a pitch, there is an accuracy meter. There is a green section and blue esction of the accuracy meter. If you hit it on the green section, your pitch will be more accurate and most likely you will throw a strike. If your pitch meter hits the blue, then your pitch will end up as a ball or an easier hit for your opponent. I really ike how you can control the accuracy of your pitch or throw. I would say to any baseball fan, this is a good game to play, so if you ever get the chance, I recommend you buy it.