9/10
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In my six years covering baseball, I've had the fortune (and sometimes misfortune) of attending hundreds upon hundreds of major-league games, and honestly--90 percent of the time--the World Series contests are infinitely more engrossing. From the press box of most (real) stadiums, you feel very little of the sport's textures. Here, it's blatant. When the San Francisco Giants play a road game in World Series, shortstop Rich Aurilia is inevitably heckled with a rude "Go back to Brooklyn, Richie!" Indeed, Aurilia is a proud member of the Xaverian High School class of '89, straight outta Brooklyn. Score one for research. Perhaps the best thing about World Series Baseball is that--as opposed to its rivals--it feels like you're watching the game on TV. One of World Series Baseball's partners is ESPN, and everything is presented as if you were kicking back on the couch with a bag of chips, not a joystick.
Last year, I called World Series Baseball the Mona Lisa of video baseball. This time around, it's even better. World Series Baseball 2K3 is the Oates of video baseball--mustache lengths be damned. How can you beat that?
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In my six years covering baseball, I've had the fortune (and sometimes misfortune) of attending hundreds upon hundreds of major-league games, and honestly--90 percent of the time--the World Series contests are infinitely more engrossing. From the press box of most (real) stadiums, you feel very little of the sport's textures. Here, it's blatant. When the San Francisco Giants play a road game in World Series, shortstop Rich Aurilia is inevitably heckled with a rude "Go back to Brooklyn, Richie!" Indeed, Aurilia is a proud member of the Xaverian High School class of '89, straight outta Brooklyn. Score one for research. Perhaps the best thing about World Series Baseball is that--as opposed to its rivals--it feels like you're watching the game on TV. One of World Series Baseball's partners is ESPN, and everything is presented as if you were kicking back on the couch with a bag of chips, not a joystick.
Last year, I called World Series Baseball the Mona Lisa of video baseball. This time around, it's even better. World Series Baseball 2K3 is the Oates of video baseball--mustache lengths be damned. How can you beat that?
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