MVP Baseball 2005 (PC Games, 2005)

I have played every baseball franchise out there, including the new and highly touted MLB 07 The Show, and MVP, though two years old, is still far and away the best one. The Show's character models, on the ps2, can't hold candle to the MVP players, who look great. And the gameplay is simply AMAZING. The control scheme couldn't have been done better. The best feature of this game (which EVERY other baseball game lacks) is the Hitter's Eye. You no longer have to swing wildly, not knowing what was thrown. You can now distinguish fastballs, breaking pitches, sinking pitches, and knuckle pitches, which makes hitting far more intuitive and really ups your game. The funnest thing to do, since rosters get outdated, is to do a fantasy draft and manage YOUR team from day one. That NEVER gets old, as you see what's working, what isn't, make adjustments call-ups and trades to compensate, etc. The Show's controls are a little confusing, and MLB 2K7's are downright stupid. This is the best baseball game created, and I expect it to remain that way until EA has a chance to jump back into the fray in 2012, when 2K7's exclusivity expires. Granted, next-gen console games are whooping MVP visually, but the gameplay just doesn't get any better than this.