Official 2011 MLB Thread - Part 1

[The Riddler]

anyone getting the show or 2k11 this year?

the gap looks bigger this year, imo. 2k's visuals look ghastly in comparison to the much more polished show.

 

[enterthemadness]

The Marlins will be the darkhorse of the NL by winning the wildcard...IF....the offense produces without Uggla, Ross, Cantu. If no playoffs, I say a win total between 70-85 wins.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

anyone getting the show or 2k11 this year?

the gap looks bigger this year, imo. 2k's visuals look ghastly in comparison to the much more polished show.

Cant buy those games every year, they just dont change enough to warrant dropping $60 on them every season for minor visual tweaks and a roster update. .

The Marlins will be the darkhorse of the NL by winning the wildcard...IF....the offense produces without Uggla, Ross, Cantu. If no playoffs, I say a win total between 70-85 wins.

 

[BlackLantern]

Ive always noticed that 2K has better mechanics but the Show has better visuals

 

[Darthphere]

The Marlins will be the darkhorse of the NL by winning the wildcard...IF....the offense produces without Uggla, Ross, Cantu. If no playoffs, I say a win total between 70-85 wins.

I have a similar prediction. It involves the Marlins finishing last in the division.

 

[Kingfish]

The Marlins will be the darkhorse of the NL by winning the wildcard...IF....the offense produces without Uggla, Ross, Cantu. If no playoffs, I say a win total between 70-85 wins.

Wow, 70-85 wins huh? Way to cover your bases with that prediction.

 

[Alex The Great]

Hahahaha.

I won't play 2K11, but i'll only buy The Show if it's really good, because at the moment, i'm perfectly fine with MLB 10. Apparently the trade logic has been fixed, so that's nice.

 

[Franklin Richards]

I usually buy a sports game the year after a team I like does well. So this year it's baseball. So The Show seems to be the consensus? I love a good homerun derby setting as well.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

anyone getting the show or 2k11 this year?

the gap looks bigger this year, imo. 2k's visuals look ghastly in comparison to the much more polished show.

Neither. I'm not buying another baseball game until EA gets the license back.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

The Marlins will be the darkhorse of the NL by winning the wildcard...IF....the offense produces without Uggla, Ross, Cantu. If no playoffs, I say a win total between 70-85 wins.

They're not better than the Braves at this point, it would take an awful lot to keep up in the WC race.

 

[BETArayBill]

They're not better than the Braves at this point, it would take an awful lot to keep up in the WC race.

there are 3 teams out of the central are going to be fighting for the wild card this year alone the marlins dont have a prayer

 

[BlackLantern]

Neither. I'm not buying another baseball game until EA gets the license back.

still some ******** MVP Baseball fans left out there?

 

[Spidey-Bat]

still some ******** MVP Baseball fans left out there?

How is it being ********? MVP 05 is the best baseball game produced. It had the perfect amount of detail and simplicity in a game; detailed enough for a hardcore baseball fan to get a lot out of it, but simple enough for a casual fan or player to pick up and play.

Games since have tried to be too complex. 2K has become a ****** franchise. 2k6 was one of the worst sports games produced. 2k7 was an improvement, but they've somehow managed to make it worse every subsequent year; never improving on the flaws of the previous one.

The Show, I never got the hype. I had the first one on PS2 and it's graphics and animations were downright putrid. I feel they focus too much on the Road to the Show feature which doesn't interest me at all, I want to play on a major league team with real players, not make a character and have to toil away in the minors to be good enough to get to a major league team.

 

[BlackLantern]

it's just been a while since I've heard anyone mention it....I don't play baseball games all that much

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

there are 3 teams out of the central are going to be fighting for the wild card this year alone the marlins dont have a prayer

I can buy the Reds and Brewers but Cubs? No.

 

[steintym]

The Cubs are going to have a rough run at it. They need a lot to go their way and need a lot of players to step up who haven't had decent years in a while (Soriano, A.Ramirez, Zambrano, etc).

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110221&content_id=16693792&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

THEY BROUGHT ENERGY

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110221&content_id=16695168&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

A-ROD MADE A FUNNY

Spring Training stories can be really pointless in some cases.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

It could have been worse for A-Rod

 

[The Riddler]

How is it being ********? MVP 05 is the best baseball game produced. It had the perfect amount of detail and simplicity in a game; detailed enough for a hardcore baseball fan to get a lot out of it, but simple enough for a casual fan or player to pick up and play.

Games since have tried to be too complex. 2K has become a ****** franchise. 2k6 was one of the worst sports games produced. 2k7 was an improvement, but they've somehow managed to make it worse every subsequent year; never improving on the flaws of the previous one.

The Show, I never got the hype. I had the first one on PS2 and it's graphics and animations were downright putrid. I feel they focus too much on the Road to the Show feature which doesn't interest me at all, I want to play on a major league team with real players, not make a character and have to toil away in the minors to be good enough to get to a major league team.

you probably don't like baseball games much if haven't tried out the show recently. there really aren't many flaws in the game at all. 2k has been garbage for some time now.

 

[The Riddler]

The Marlins will be the darkhorse of the NL by winning the wildcard...IF....the offense produces without Uggla, Ross, Cantu. If no playoffs, I say a win total between 70-85 wins.

the marlins...eh not so much, imo.

the brewers seem like a nice dangerous team in the nl that not everyone talks about.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Cy, Are the D-Backs seriously going to go with JJ Putz as their closer this year over Gutierrez? Thought the kid had a strong finish to last season with some great stats (1.50 ERA, 12 saves in August/September) and am surprised they'd want to halt all of that momentum?

 

[Kingfish]

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6144975

If a Steinbrenner is opening his mouth, you know something stupid is about to come out.

 

[BlackLantern]

the marlins...eh not so much, imo.

the brewers seem like a nice dangerous team in the nl that not everyone talks about.

I agree......the Brewers will be sneaky good this year

 

[Spidey-Bat]

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6144975

If a Steinbrenner is opening his mouth, you know something stupid is about to come out.

I'm surprised he knows a big word like Socialism.

you probably don't like baseball games much if haven't tried out the show recently. there really aren't many flaws in the game at all. 2k has been garbage for some time now.

I have The Show 10. I couldn't get into it. And it does have flaws, the pitching animations are as awful from the 2007 version on the PS2. Pitching is the only thing I enjoy because of how tedious they've made hitting in these new games.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

Cy, Are the D-Backs seriously going to go with JJ Putz as their closer this year over Gutierrez? Thought the kid had a strong finish to last season with some great stats (1.50 ERA, 12 saves in August/September) and am surprised they'd want to halt all of that momentum?

Yes? Towers signed Putz for the idea of a veteran presence with past success. Putz was pretty good last year in Chicago so I don't think it's a bad deal barring health problems. But putting health risk aside the potentially reward seems for the most part worth the investment so I'm not coming into the year immediately hating Putz.

Gutierrez has shown flashes of consistent effectiveness but like many pitchers that in historically bad bullpen last year the negatives overall outweighed the positives. Towers and Kirk Gibson would prefer someone as the closer who when healthy can adequately preform. Granted, Putz isn't going to benefit from the spacious outfield in Safeco but Gutierrez isn't a bad backup plan in case Putz fails completely or has more elbow issues.

At this point, if guys get the job done without being extreme flyball pitchers and do a good enough job at run prevention I can get behind it because the team isn't going to realistically contend this year. Hard to get much worse than last season.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6144975

If a Steinbrenner is opening his mouth, you know something stupid is about to come out.

George Steinbrenner brought down the Berlin wall, and Hank (or Hal?) will bring down the perceived socialism of the Obama administration

A true patriot.