First off the game is MVP Baseball 2005 from EA Sports, not MLB 2k5. Second, many people are fans of MVP 2005 because it was the last MLB game from EA before 2k Sports (who created MLB 2k5) got the exclusive license, so those fans of MVP like to update the rosters in the game to match current rosters, that's why Dice-K is in the game and Barry Zito is in a Giants uni.

Hmm interesting.

Yeah the fact that EA Sports no longer has an MLB game absolutely blows.

In fairness, EA started the whole exclusivity problem by buying the exclusive NFL license. You reap what you sow.

Why is Joel Zumaya pitching in the first inning??

uhm where is satchel paige in this, he is so unhitabble in that game (having unlocked him) I think the makers gave him a 100 mph fastball a 50 mph curve (which moves like moose) and a 70 mph knuckle and an 90 slider and 80 splitter so basically the pefect combo of pitches.

MVP 2005 was the last great baseball game. Though MLB 2k7 is a step in the right direction. It unfortunate that EA lost on on the exclusive license as the MVP series was by far the best.

Grienke was sick on that game every year. No one knows why. His curve was virtually impossible to hit and if you were waiting for it you had no shot at his fastball.

In reality, those guy's breaking balls do break that much. It's just hitters swing/hit them when they cross the plate. But if they let em go, you would see they often start at eye level for the hitter, and wind up at ankle level by the time it reaches the catcher's mitts.