How The Show Can Embrace Baseball's History

[RaychelSnr]

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It’s a beautiful spring day in Brooklyn.

The smell of freshly cut grass fills your nose mixed with popcorn and hot dogs. A small murmur is coming over the crowd as it gathers in the stands at 55 Sullivan place for opening day of the 2014 Baseball Season.

This old ballpark has seen its share of history since opening in 1913, the year after Fenway Park opened -- if you are counting. The Dodgers have called this place home for years, full of its quirky dimensions including the short 297 foot right field.

As the GM, you’ve considered how your park was built and made adjustments accordingly. You want guys who can push the ball down the line here, center field does stand out there at an impossibly long 484 feet.

You see, at Ebbets Field, this place was built to have baseball played in it like it was being played in the early 1900s. Pitchers reigned supreme and the concept of the Babe was neither a ballplayer or a friendly pig from England.

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[GrandMaster B]

Great post. I agree.

[Cryolemon]

"To this point, no baseball video game has adequately approached the history of the game in a manner which added replay value — or really even value — to the game."

No console game. OOTP does a good text sim job of it.

I would LOVE for a game like The Show to include historical seasons / teams.

[burjeffton]

Awesome post. No other sport has the mystique, lore and grand tradition of baseball. What baseball has over any other American sport is AUTHENTICITY. It's past is rich and reaches far back. If leveraged correctly, it would be a seller.

I bought Tiger Woods PGA Tour a couple years back for the sole purpose of being able to play the original Augusta track with old clubs and old golfers.

[LastActionHero]

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Kinda like the vista mode in Forza but then for stadiums in The Show. I like it!

[Bullit]

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Great read, could not agree more.

[The_Duke]

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Great read. One thing I love about baseball is it's history. No other sport IMO has the history like baseball does. I would love to see the show franchise introduce more history to the game.

[ty5oke]

One of the better articles that I've read on here lately. Great post.

[Knight165]

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If God loves baseball like I think he does......he will get Ramone to print this out and get this to the people who need to see this to get it done.
If they take care of the stadiums......a uniform editor and custom league setup...
We'll take care of the rest!

Great read.

M.K.
Knight165

[RayRay34]

I feel like I just got done listening to James Earl Jone's baseball speech from field of dreams! Great article!!

[The_Duke]

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I feel like I just got done listening to James Earl Jone's baseball speech from field of dreams! Great article!!

Ray. People will come, Ray. They’ll come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn into your driveway, not knowing for sure why they’re doing it. They’ll arrive at your door, as innocent as children, longing for the past. “Of course, we won’t mind if you look around,” you’ll say, “It’s only twenty dollars per person.” And they’ll pass over the money without even thinking about it, for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they’ll walk off to the bleachers and sit in their short sleeves on a perfect afternoon. And find they have reserved seats somewhere along the baselines where they sat when they were children. And cheer their heroes. And they’ll watch the game, and it’ll be as they’d dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick, they’ll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come, Ray. The one constant through all the years Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again. Oh people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.

I love that line I have in bold. Gives me chills.

[hbk_wess]

something i have wanted for years out of a baseball game

[eaw913]

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This really is one of the absolute best posts I have seen here in some time. I could not agree more with everything said. I would even be willing to pay extra (maybe even $60 to pay for it as an extra game for all the licensing and content) just to have this.

I really hope that this happens in the next few years. With the power of the PS4, this could be quite amazing.

[beecravey7]

This would be awesome! I went to several games at tiger stadium as a kid and would love to see classic stadiums and teams be focused on in a baseball game.

[asu666]

Baseball relies a lot on history, so I'm in favor of adding historic ball parks and seasons. Nice post.