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From: The Village Voice
Date: 20040331
Author:Catucci, Nick
MVP BASEBALL 2004 For: PS2, Xbox (review copy) Developer: EA Canada Publisher: EA Sports Rating: 9 (out of 10)
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Stats, bats, balls, and falls: Baseball vid gets ya to home base
Let me say right off the bat that I'm no Ring Lardner, Roger Angell, or even Robert Christgau when it comes to baseball writing. Take me to a sports bar in the summer and before long I'll be asking, "Who's on first, what's on second?" (Nyuk nyuk nyuk!) America's game is slow and emphasizes stats, making it one of the least accessible displays of rampant steroid abuse. And yet I'm genuinely sold on a disc ...
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