MLB 10: The Show was a Masterpiece

MLB 10: The Show was a special game. Critics unanimously praised it upon release, with some going as far as calling it the absolute pinnacle of baseball gaming, and a video game worth learning a new sport for, if you weren’t already familiar with baseball. It really was that good. It was baseball perfection.

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[StartGame]

I loved this game SO MUCH bro. Like just going on road to the show and playing game after game after game after game after game was SO MUCH FUN for me. I could just sit and do this in the summer FOR HOURS. Like idk how to explain it. It like was really lowkey chill and boring, but in a good really fun way. It really felt like I was experiencing how it felt to be a real life major leaguer and play like a bunch of games day to day to day in the summer. I’ll never forget the nostalgia of waking up at like 10 in the morning in June, going straight downstairs, turning on my ps3 and playing like 25 Road to the Show games in the span of like 4 hours and feeling so content with my life.

[JayBeingNatural]

I don't remember which Show it was, but I remember a game was in extra innings, and after an out in the middle of one of them, Matt Vasgersian was telling the "viewers" that because the game was going past it's normal length, a random cooking show would not be seen today.

[Dr.JeremyDunks]

The WEALTH of knowledge in those old Show games. I was a casual baseball fan and The Show 11 essentially taught me the intricacies of the game. The commentators teach you how to pitch. What to throw in 3-2 count, why you wanna pitch down with a runner on 1st, etc. Fantastic series.

[SaturdayStunned]

First “The Show” game I ever played. Was truly perfect. Made me get into the sport of baseball. The Show 2010 through 2017 were so amazing, wish SDS still cared as much as they did back then

[guysfieri]

man those ps3 era mlb the show games still look beautiful to this day

[jo.n.]

I had a franchise that went until 2045 in this game. Absolute masterclass.

[xmanb]

thank you for this. Also, you remain the #1 sports video games content creator via YouTube.

[imallfordabulls]

Growing up going from Bases Loaded to this was absurdly amazing. I remember playing lots of World Series 98 on Saturn, then onto the All Star Baseball series and High Heat, then MVP then MLB. The number of video game baseball franchises in the early 2000s was staggering.

[calvandergrift]

This Era of baseball games was AWESOME. As a 360 user, MLB 2K11 was the game that got me into baseball. I still pick it up from time to time.

[Rps]

I do agree that The Show has stagnated, but I also think it’s still solid, and that shows how important it is for a game to have a strong base to build from year-over-year.

The Show 10 gave SDS the platform to be good consistently, whereas a game like Madden 13 forced EA to have to play catch-up, and they’ve never really been able to recover

[MadKingFan]

I still enjoy the Show 23 but man I would love if they still had the pricing of food and bobblehead and bat nights or whatever special promotion to help bring in fans.

[jaylenbarnes.]

I just got MLB 09 The Show in the mail today and I love the game from the actual gameplay to the soundtrack

[ryanduffy]

I would love to see your take on MLB Power Pros or MLB Power Pros 2008. Those were some of my favorite games as a kid, and they have a surprising amount of depth for how cartoony they are. Definitely one-of-a-kind sports games, considering they had a mode that was essentially a visual novel, and a career mode where you can get really in depth with your player's personal life, managing friendships, relationships, hobbies, and even having children

[bravesfan]

Used to work at a GameStop back in the day. I was always so happy around baseball season, and especially for The Show. I would always find gameplay footage before release, put it on a PS3, and people would walk by and ask are the Phillies playing? I'd tell them no...This is a game! 🤯🤯🤯
People would lose their minds over the realism!!!!

[DrAverage]

I used to always tell my friends that mlb the show was one of the best sports game if not the best. I was playing it since the very first one

[Lucas_Brester]

This game got me into baseball in general
Edit: in the summer of 2020 during covid, my mom got me this game to cheer me up and i ended up playing it all summer. What an absolutely fantastic experience

[dazednyc]

One thing this game had that the new ones don't were player ejection and bench warnings. If you threw a fastball at a players head both teams were warned and if u did it again you'd be ejected. Now that's how online players intentionally walk ppl. Just throw at their head. There would also be human error elements. You could be called out at first but if you look at the replay you were actually safe. Just made everything feel more realistic.

[yaakovkammer]

Mlb 10 the show on PS2 was my first video game I owned on a console.
Loved that game

[BoompaWorld]

The show on PSP was my life in the backseat of the minivan as a kid. Great video

[ThemeParkAngel]

Its a shame how franchise lost all the cool features like determining how to travel. It basically became the madden of baseball