

These players do, however, have aliases within the game. This is due to the players' involvement in crossing picket lines as replacement players during the 1994 work stoppage, which prevents them from becoming members of the MLB Players Association. The game is also notably missing some regular every day MLB players like Kevin Millar and Brendan Donnelly. By this time, some people have thought that Randy Carter is representing Roger Clemens on the free agents list. Steinbrenner Field"), a Majestic Cool Base Uniforms pack, which added one new uniform for each Major League team, and the Card Series 2 download which unlocked the next set of packs for use in the game's card battle mode.īarry Bonds is once again not placed in the game due to his not being a part of the MLBPA licensing agreement, and once again is represented by left-fielder Joe Young.

March 6, 2008: The first round of downloadable content was released on Xbox Live Marketplace for free, which included The Minor League Stadium Pack, which featured Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Hadlock Field and Legends Field (now called "George M.Announcers įor the 5th straight year, Announcers Jon Miller and Joe Morgan once again resume game announcing duties, while Steve Physioc and Jeanne Zelasko continue reporting duties. New York Mets shortstop José Reyes was announced as the cover athlete on December 6, 2007, taking over for New York Yankees counterpart Derek Jeter. After the first year, the season is only 15 games. Some Wii version discs have a glitch in franchise mode.The new features are not available on the PS2 version of the game.Revamped baserunning, with more intuitive controls and smarter baserunning AI.The official site also included these additional new and updated features: More realistic fielding tweaks, and a revamp of double play animation and gameplay.New ball-throwing system which is also determined by analog stick movement.Swing Stick 2.0, a revamped analog batting system which allows an increased variety of batted balls ( Baltimore Chops, bloops, dribblers, etc.).New pitching system in which the pitch type is determined by analog stick movement.90 playable real-life minor league baseball teams and players (restricted to players who have had major league experience), including 20 authentic minor league stadiums.Ben Brinkman, in a JanuKOXM podcast, revealed the following new features to debut in 2K8:
