I'm probably going to pick up MLB08: THE SHOW (PS2, PS3) over MLB2K8 since most everything I've read says THE SHOW is better. Anyone here have any opinion?

The mechanics for 2K8 look intriguing but I've heard tales of glitchiness and the players never seem to look at all like they're supposed to. Plus, the ROAD TO THE SHOW functionality in THE SHOW looks pretty cool.

Ok, to do this you have to have an open mind and forced trades. I am running this Cardinals franchise how I would want to run the real squad. Now, I know I wouldnt be able to force any real teams to take these trades, but its a video game, and its mine.

Mulder to SFO for M. Cain and T. Lincecum
Glaus to BOS for T. Bucholz and ML MR
Looper to NYY for I. Kennedy and P. Hughes

Promoted Rasmus and a couple created players from the farm after the first season.

Demoted Izturis to AAA to make room for Rasmus and make Ryan my starting SS.

This is a work in progress franchise, and I'm not done dealing yet. My payroll is at 98 mil, and I'm stocked with young arms throughout the farm, as well as talented position players workin their way up.

Oh, and if you want to know a glitch on the game to get infinite cards/credits, let me know.

is an embarrassment to sports gaming compared to MLB '08 The Show. I was a life long MVP Baseball guy, 2005 was the greatest baseball game I've ever played. I really enjoyed MLB 07, but it still didn't touch MVP... that all changed with 08.

I went out and bought a PS3 and bought the Show with it... best baseball game I've ever played in my life. The Franchise mode is somewhat lacking versus MVP 05, but it works. Road to the Show is the greatest thing ever.

reviewing the game.

Here's my take on it so far, making reference specifically to the Nintendo Wii version.

Good things about this game

The Wii controller gives you a new dimension, as you actually swing the controller to swing, and you can shake the controller to get players to sprint faster from base to base.

The Trade Finder and interest meter are excellent things. The Trade finder gives you a lot of options for trading players, more like what a GM would probably get if they made it public they were actively looking to trade a player

Bad things

The Drew Carey Theme "Cleveland Rocks" by the PResidents of the U.S.A. is overplayed to the point that a song I thought was pretty cool on the soundtrack is already getting old, despite the fact that I'm only 15 games into my franchise mode.

Issues with battings: It's almost impossible to get a base hit on the ground anywhere except up the middle. I've even hit hard liners right over the 1st base bag that are easily handled by the first baseman. In addition, before I turned the power rating WAY down, it was WAY too easy to hit home runs. I actually had several games in a row where over 50% of my hits were home runs, which of course is a little ridiculous. (It was pretty sweet when I had a 4-4 day with Ankiel that included 3 homers and a triple though).

Controls on the Wii are a little tough, despite what I said about liking the Wiimote usage. This is more just a "getting used to it" situation, but I've still had plenty of situations where I've gotten caught in rundowns because I Was trying to get a batter to run to 2nd while also having a runner head home, and I ended up with the batter on 1st and the other runner getting tagged out between 3rd and home.

Overall, this is a very fun game. I haven't played The Show, but I can say that MLB 2k8 is a good game and incredibly fun on the Wii.

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I like it - it's got some nice features.

Worked for PSM and Games Radar in stints but more importantly, IGN.com for five years. Trust me I say that The Show is much, much, much better than MLB 2K.

Boo for exclusive rights.

The Show '08 for PS2? I've got the Show '07 and enjoy it, but I don't have the money right now to buy a ps3 and the tv and audio equipment to take full advantage of it.

I'm wondering if The Show '08 is different enough from '07 to warrant buying the PS2 version of it.

we played Baseball Stars. And we had to play about a million dummy games against The Lovely Ladies to earn enough cash to create the entire NL East, by hand. That's right, I said NL East. And then, a few weeks later, we'd forget to hold down the Reset button when we powered off, and the whole damn thing would be lost, only to start over again.

Now that's what I call gaming. Consarnit.

Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball = win.

...was also fun.

is a pretty decent game. Unfortunately, it's taken a bit of a three-week hiatus until my XBOX 360 gets fixed.. (red ring of a death.. blah.)

I went through the farm system on the Cardinals and about 55 of the 75 minor leaguers have real life counterparts with different names. They left out Allen Craig and Bryan Anderson though.

As for the overplayed soundtrack comment.. just make your own custom soundtrack and integrate it into the game. The only band I could stand after two days on MLB was the Flaming Lips.

RBI Baseball III

What Cardinal fan does not like RBI Baseball??? Where else can you play a game with a lineup of Pena, Clark, Herr, Smith, Pendleton, Coleman, McGee, etc!!!!

Does anybody know how long 2k holds the exclusive rights?? I want MVP Baseball back!! Just the way it is! With updated rosters and ballparks. I guess I'm just living in the past.