The rest of the world, and eventually me, will probably have to move to the newest game in the series, MLB 10 The Show. Amazon’s recent price of $36.99 makes it hard to resist. But that said, I am still enjoying trying to play catch-up with my character in MLB 09′s Road To The Show.
I’ve just past real time again, at July 31st, 2010, and a (grumble) member of the Pawtucket Pawsox. Why do I put up with this? Simple, my contract runs out after this season and I may be able to move to a new organization! Anyways, over 300 innings in my career, my ERA is right around 2.00, with a 28-8 record. In almost 130 innings this year in Triple-A, I’ve walked six guys.
So why stick with this when I could be playing MLB 10? Simply put, why move to the next game until I can at least complete one career or accomplish something in this game! My character is a mere 19 years old, he’s about to make the majors, and if I stick with this game, it’s more than possible I could pitch for 20 “virtual” seasons, and win 300 games. Sure, there would be plenty left for me to do with the game, like a batter RTTS, or even a Reds franchise (I have one … in Spring Training … of year one), but to be able to actually accomplish something of that magnitude of a game would make it worth it.
And that, friends, is why I still play MLB 09 instead. Oh, I’ll get MLB 10, even if it is just a rental, before the season is up so that I can download updated rosters … those are all not available anymore on MLB 09, they shut off the servers at the start of the next season.
