Archive for the ‘Other Baseball Games’ Category
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MLB Front Office Manager Screenshots
2K Sports has released the first 10 screenshots showing off the recently announced MLB Front Office Manager. You can check them out in the gallery. The game, which features A's GM Billy Beane, does not yet have an official release date but it is expected to come out in late January....
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Billy Beane Talks MLB Front Office Manager
The Sporting News has posted up an interview with Billy Beane who is a big part of 2K Sports' recently announced MLB Front Office Manager. While the interview is about more than just the game there are some elements of it that are discussed that were not mentioned in the press release. It is definitely worth a read if you have interest in MLB Front Office Manager, fantasy baseball, and some of his GM philosophies. There's one part of the game that I love, which is like owner's competence --...
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2K Releasing Yet Another MLB Game
The cost of the exclusive licenses for the NFL and MLB have lead to EA Sports and 2K Sports releasing multiple branded titles for their respective sports. By doing so they hope to extend the value of the contracts and take advantage of the opportunity to present varied products. EA has done so with its arcade line of games such as NFL Street/NFL Tour and ultra-sim title NFL Head Coach. 2K has really been pushing out MLB titles lately. Of course the headliner is the MLB 2K franchise. We ha...
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Demo for The BIGS now available
The demo for The BIGS has finally made it to the Xbox 360 Marketplace. Originally 2K had stated it would be out during the game's release week of June 26th. The demo features St. Louis @ Detroit in a three inning rematch of last year's World Series. This is the ideal game for a demo. If people give it a chance they'll really find it to be more than just an "arcade" game. It has some sim and strategical elements mixed in. And it simply is a lot of fun to play. Unfortunately...
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Padre’s The BIGS Rookie Challenge: Part 5
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 The next task was a training mini-game for Distance Hitting. Get as much distance as possible on each of the 10 swings. Padre hit five homeruns, but barely scraped out enough to move on as he fouled a few of the others off. In a 3 inning game @ the Rockies, Padre was told he needed to get an RBI in a victory. That was accomplished quickly, as he drove in a run off a double in the 1st inning. In the 3rd inning, he hit a Power Blast 2 run HR. For the game he went...
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PadreCast #6: The BIGS
This PadreCast focuses on the recent release of The BIGS, the new MLB licensed "arcade" style game from 2K Sports. I give a rundown of the game and go into detail with my impressions of it. To listen in, you can use the player within the post if you are viewing from the homepage or the baseball or PadreCast category pages. Otherwise you can use the player in the sidebar or download directly from this link....
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Padre’s The BIGS Rookie Challenge: Part 4
Previously: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 The next challenge was to beat the Nationals in a 5 inning game, in which a victory would bring the opportunity to steal one of their players. Down 2-1 in the top of the 4th, Marcus Giles tied it up with an RBI double, and then Jose Cruz Jr. pinch hit and got a 2 RBI double to push the score to 4-2. However in the bottom of the 4th, Brian Schneider hit a game tying 2 run HR. In the bottom of the 5th, an RBI single scored the winning run for Washington. Pa...
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Padre’s The BIGS Rookie Challenge: Part 3
Part 1 - Part 2 I tried out the HR Pinball which was pretty neat. I'm not sure how much time I'll spend with it but I thought it was one of the better mini-games in a sports title since MVP Baseball. Just wish there was a challenge form of it online. I like that even in this game there is fatigue for starting pitchers. I figured that they wouldn't even take it into consideration, but you basically want to keep your three man rotation going because the SPs fatigue level is disp...
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