[slickdtc]

I think Clay hit the nail on the head as far as saying that some things make you go "Yeah, that's perfect," while others are "...what?" moments.

I've had the game for 3 days now and have played 4 games (and saved in the middle of a 5th one). In my second game, I got serious and got away from the initial "new game" factor and I think it played a decent game of ball. There are mishaps, like when the CPU threw to a base and it just rolled by the basemen and I took another base (actually, CPU automatically did it...).

I wouldn't say the game deserves a 5 though. I think more like a 7. There's some negative points in the game, but there are plenty of good things that I didn't see in MVP Baseball 2005 (which is still the best baseball game ever, to me) or any other baseball game I've owned that keep it good for me.