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The only first-party baseball game for 2006 with real players and teams, Sony’s MLB 06 continues the PlayStation 2 sports series with a number of enhanced features. The career and franchise modes from previous games now include “career spotlights” and morale. Players who embark on a career will have each noteworthy achievement and failure documented over time, while franchise owners must keep a watchful eye on each athlete’s salary, spot in the batting order, and amount of playing time to keep the clubhouse happy and running smoothly. Rivalries between friends or specific teams can be tracked as well, with the game recording wins, losses, team batting averages, and other pertinent statistics between the two clubs.

MLB 06 also features “game time decisions” throughout the course of a career or franchise, letting players decide whether to rest injured athletes or have them grind through their maladies during a key game or series. A new mode called King of the Diamond has arcade-minded baseball fans selecting a pitcher and batter before trying to hit the ball to different areas in a shooting gallery-style ballpark. The team with the most runs before time expires wins the mini-game. Dave Campbell and Matt Vasgersian are joined by former player Rex Hudler for all-new commentary designed to take into account game-specific situations rather than generic observations. EyeToy and online support are once again included, with the latter offering real-time MLB updates with 31 different feeds.

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