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PlayStation-exclusive baseball series hits '09 with new features and added details. Road to the Show features interactive training to improve abilities and performance in a variety of skill sets. Franchise Mode adds items such as salary arbitration and September call-ups. MLB 09: The Show gives you the ultimate baseball experience with the level of detail and realism of the game. Road to the Show 3.0 - You can play offense and defense from a custom-created perspective. Interactive training (set of mini-games designed to improve ability and performance in various areas of baseball) New steal/lead-off system Updated presentations Coach interactions Franchise Mode 2.0 - 40-man roster Salary Arbitration Waiver Transactions September call-ups Legend Mode - fifth level of difficulty for ultimate challenge

MLB 09: The Show is back for the 2009 baseball season with all the authentic baseball action that baseball and video game fans have come to expect from the longest running officially licensed Major League Baseball game series on PlayStation platforms. The fourth game in the series, MLB 09 also includes a wealth of new features such as Road to the Show 3.0, Franchise Mode 2.0, Online Season Leagues and Hotshot Fielding.

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Authenticity
Dedicated to authenticity in gameplay, as well as keeping up with current superstars of the National Pastime, MLB 09: The Show contains over 700 new gameplay animations, more than 150 new personalized pitcher and batter routines and hundreds of new presentation animations. In addition, the game also recognizes subtleties surrounding the action that are as much a part of the game as anything on the field. Just a few of these are the creeping shadows of a twilight game, the wear and tear a field will show as the season progresses, scoreboard animations, and changes in the clothing of the fans as the season moves from spring, summer and into fall.

An Update to 'The Road to the Show'
Previous versions of The Road to the Show functionality have allowed not only for extensive customization of in-game players, but also for the ability to play offense and defense through that player's eyes. This year with Road to the Show 3.0 players can take this fine tuning even further with a new steal and lead off system, inter-active training through mini-games and enhanced interaction with managers and coaches as customized players make their way off the bench and into MLB superstardom.

Hotshot Fielding
In the past all too often fielding functionality simply consisted of positioning your player somewhere near the ball, no matter how the ball appears to be hit. But MLB 09's Hotshot Fielding changes all that. Now if a ball looks too hot to handle without a little extra effort then it probably is. If you can master the dynamic player reactions possible through Hotshot Fielding then there may be a golden glove in your future, otherwise your fielder may bungle that shot to the gap or line drive.

Online League Play
Providing you with the ability to set up leagues with up to 30 teams offering full stat tracking, point benefits and rewards. Customize as you see fit; choose your players, teams, length, rules and much more. Whether it’s you and a couple buddies or 29 of your closest friends, bragging rights are on the line.

Key Game Features:

• Road to the Show 3.0 - The new version of the popular mode includes an all-new steal and leadoff system, and more interaction with the player's coaches.
• Franchise 2.0 - Now includes salary arbitration, waiver transactions, September call-ups, and the 40-man roster.
• Improved online play - Now includes flex scheduling to allow players to play out-of-order games, and Roster Vault option to allow gamers can create their own custom rosters and upload them online for other gamers to use.
• Custom Music/Replays - Gamers will also be able to store their favorite songs to their PlayStation 3 and assign them to be played at various points in the game, including a batter's walk-up animation. Players may also create custom taunts.
• Hotshot Fielding - The game now includes more dynamic fielder reactions and animations, as well as improved bare-handed flips.
• MLB Player Motion Captures - MLB 09 The Show features authentically captured motions from dozens of professional athletes including David Wright, David Ortiz, Eric Chavez, Roger Clemens, Trevor Hoffman, Tim Hudson, Darryl Hamilton and more.
• Progressive Batting Performance - Player abilities can improve or regress depending on how the gamer plays.
• Post Game/In Game Pitcher and Batter Analysis - Pitch Analysis is a breakdown of all the pitches thrown during the current game being played. Gamers will be able sort by pitcher, LHB or RHB, pitch type and result. This feature is also available for Batters, and the batter analysis allows for a breakdown of how a batter has performed based on LHP or RHP, Pitch Type, and result.
• Pitch Grips - The game will accurately graphically reflect the pitch being thrown on the pitcher's hand, and will include 17 different pitch types including five fastball variations (four-seamer, two-seamer, cutter, splitter, sinker), five breaking pitches (10-4 curve, 12-6 curve, slider, slurve, screwball), four change-ups (straight, circle change-up, palmball, forkball), and three specialty pitches (knuckle, knuckle-curve, and the gyro).
• SportsConnect Online User Tracking (SCOUT) - SCOUT allows gamers to set their game preferences, store them on the server, and then allows the system to look for a Quick Match with an opponent that fits their criteria.
• Live Sports Updates - # Live MLB updates in-game, as well as SportsConnect Headline News.
• Multi-Branch Fielding - Branch Point Technology goes to a new level as gamers you can now take full control of fielders and break out of any animation in the process. Change a fielding decision and branch out of any animation after the first branch point.
• Adaptive Pitching Intelligence (API) - Catchers will call the game based on individual strengths and weaknesses of each pitcher and analyze tendencies of batters.
• Pitch Command System (PCs) - Pitchers' abilities to throw a specific pitch change depending on how often the pitcher throws it.
• Revamped Umpire Personalities - Umpire personalities have been tweaked further.

MLB Bloopers The Funny Side Of Baseball

Hosted by Chris Kattan

If Major League Baseball was just pitching, hitting and defense, there wouldn't be anything funny about it. But there are pranks. And practical jokes. And the funniest on-the-field baseball mishaps and brain cramps this side of the new millennium that must be seen to be believed.

From sprinklers gone awry to bugs where they don't belong to players coming to the ballpark on skateboards and rickshaws, MLB Bloopers: The Funny Side Of Baseball delivers the laughs and is the perfect DVD for baseball fans who both love their sport and more than a little comic relief.

Special Features:

Hosted by comedian Chris Kattan!
The Bruce Chen and Steve Kline show
Dontrelle Willis and Jimmy Rollins talk about growing up together
The aftermath of the Tim Hudson/Eddie Perez prank
1993 Florida Marlins grounds crew's tarp troubles
Randy Wolf and Mike Lieberthal talk about Mike's pre-game dance
Ruben Rivera: "The Worst Baserunning In The History Of The Game"
Nook Logan hits a "Little League Homerun"
Ryan Dempster's Harry Caray impersonation
Jason Lane forgets how many outs there are in an inning
Mike Cameron falls and makes a great catch
Chad Cordero trips on the mound while throwing a pitch
Johnny Damon recalls when Manny Ramirez cut off one of his throws in the outfield

Covering five DVDs, 12 hours, and a span of 58 years, Vintage World Series Films: New York Yankees is a sweeping time capsule of the history of the Bronx Bombers, and of baseball itself. These are the official films produced by Major League Baseball to summarize each year's World Series, and that means 17 films for the Yankees between 1943 and 2000 ranging from a brief 22 minutes (1943) to over an hour each (the later series). That also means you can see in action some of the great Yankees of the past, including Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Reggie Jackson, and Derek Jeter, plus great opponents such as Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays. And the list of great World Series moments includes Bill Bevens' 1947 almost-no-hitter and Dodger Al Gionfriddo's catch that same year, Tommy Henrich's 1949 walk-off home run (Mickey Owen's dropped third strike after Henrich's strikeout is not here; that was in 1941), Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game, and Reggie Jackson's 1977 home run trio. No, these aren't the complete games, and the constant MLB logo in the corner of the screen seems like an unnecessary intrusion, but baseball fans will find it a treat to have these available at all.

DVD Menu

Disc #1 -- Vintage World Series
Films: New York Yankees, Vol. 1 1943 World Series Film: Yankees vs. St. Louis Cardinals 1947 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers 1949 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers 1950 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Disc #2 -- Vintage World Series
Films: New York Yankees, Vol. 2 1951 World Series Film: Yankees vs. New York Giants 1952 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers 1953 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers 1956 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
Disc #3 -- Vintage World Series
Films: New York Yankees, Vol. 3 1958 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Milwaukee Braves 1961 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Cincinnati Reds 1962 World Series Film: Yankees vs. San Francisco Giants 1977 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Disc #4 -- Vintage World Series
Films: New York Yankees, Vol. 4 1978 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers 1996 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves 1998 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves
Disc #5 -- Vintage World Series
Films: New York Yankees, Vol. 5 1999 World Series Film: Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves 2000 World Series Film: Yankees vs. New York Mets

Covering five DVDs, 12 hours, and a span of 58 years, Vintage World Series Films: New York Yankees is a sweeping time capsule of the history of the Bronx Bombers, and of baseball itself. These are the official films produced by Major League Baseball to summarize each year's World Series, and that means 17 films for the Yankees between 1943 and 2000 ranging from a brief 22 minutes (1943) to over an hour each (the later series). That also means you can see in action some of the great Yankees of the past, including Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Reggie Jackson, and Derek Jeter, plus Hall of Fame opponents such as Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays. And the list of great World Series moments includes Bill Bevens' 1947 almost-no-hitter and Dodger Al Gionfriddo's catch that same year, Tommy Henrich's 1949 walk-off home run (Mickey Owen's dropped third strike after Henrich's strikeout is not here; that was in 1941), Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game, and Reggie Jackson's 1977 home run trio. No, these aren't the complete games, and the constant MLB logo in the corner of the screen seems like an unnecessary intrusion, but baseball fans will find it a treat to have these available at all. --David Horiuchi

Major League Baseball 2K9 captures player-specific details including batting stances, pitching windups and signature swings. Featuring game play enhancements in pitching, batting, fielding, and base running, making it user-friendly and enjoyable for rookies or veterans. New commentary and presentation provide the ultimate baseball experience. Music by Judas Priest, Cheap Trick, Coheed & Cambria, Ted Nugent, SR-71, The Romantics, Boys Like Girls, and Europe

Get ready to get your uniform dirty as you play ball on the Xbox 360 with Major League Baseball 2K9 by Take-Two. You'll recognize your favorite players as MLB 2K9 captures such minute as each player's unique batting stances, different pitching windups and swings. With new commentary and gameplay enhancements to all facets of the experience, Major League Baseball 2K9 is a whole new ballgame.

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Beautiful Graphics and Presentation
Take-Two continues to refine the graphics and presentation of the game, and when you play MLB 2K9, you'll often wonder if you weren't watching television. The new Virtual Director brings smart camera placement, dramatic cuts, and more for a broadcast feel. Real-Time Atmosphere means ballboys, umpires, and coaches move naturally.

New Controls for Precision Batting and Pitching
Using the analog sticks, Take-Two's Precision Pitching and Swing Stick give you the ability to paint the corners with your pitches and pull an inside fastball over the wall for a home run. The game carefully tracks aim and timing, so the ball always responds as you would expect it to in real life.

Never Miss a Trade as Rosters are Updated Continually
The latest rosters are included in the game, so your favorite team will have all its 2009 players. Not only that, with Living Rosters, the MLB 2K9 automatically updates the roster by getting the latest information online and incorporating it into the game. Never miss a trade again as they will be reflected in your game in real time.

MLB 2K9 provides a wealth of statistical information, and baseball fans won't be disappointed. The Inside Edge feature uses six years of scouting data to accurately mimic player tendencies. You'll notice your favorite players reacting to situations in the game just as they would in real life.

Player Specific Animations for More Realistic Games
2K Sports continues to build in more player-specific details, so now you can recognize your favorite players simply by watching the way they move around the batters box, how they swing the bat, or how they celebrate their home runs. It's not just hitters who get this treatment as pitchers also have their unique deliveries and windups. The result is a game that feels more life-like than before.

Online Play with Sponsored Competitions
When you're done practicing against the computer, you can suit up against your friends and play them online or off. With the Playoffs feature, you can skip the 162 game season and go straight to the playoffs with any eight teams you and friends want to play with. Then it's just a matter of playing the games to see who gets the World Series Trophy.

Team 2K is an online competition to see who the best team of online players are. By playing Ranked Quick Matches, you can join in the fun and compete for prizes.

New Play by Play and Commentary Team
MLB 2K9 brings with it the new broadcast team of Gary Thorne and Steve Phillips. The new team injects depth and insight into the game, and provides another level of realism. In addition, the game also has real-time crowd noise and other sound effects that will have you feeling like you're sitting in the bleachers.

MLB 08 THE SHOW is set to provide fans with the most realistic baseball experience to date with innovations such as a more immersive Road to The Show mode, enabling gamers to play both offense and defense from the created player's perspective. Providing players with some additional performance incentives, the MLB franchise introduces the Progressive Batting Performance feature, which will both reward players for superior performance and penalize them for hitting slumps. Specific to each individual batter, players will be rewarded with slight contact bonuses, or punished with slight decreases in contact, based on how that batter performs beyond his "natural ability." MLB 08 THE SHOW introduces SCOUT (SportsConnect Online User Tracking), which allows you to set and store your game preferences on the MLB server, and enables the system to look for a Quick Match with opponents that fits similar competitive criteria. Exhibition Mode/Quick Game - Gamers can select their favorite team and compete against the AI for a quick game on the go Historical Greats - Offers Historical Greats, giving them the opportunity to go against the legends of the past Release Point Pitching with Confidence Meter - The ultimate pitcher/batter interface returns Playmaker Fielding- The fielding interface brings the player attributes together with the user's skill level Multi-Branch Fielding - Branch Point Technology goes to a new level as gamers can now take full control of fielders and break out of any animation in the process User Controlled Slides - Players can now control base runners in attempts to advance and/or score MLB Authenticity - Presents fans with finer details and nuances that make the game America's past

An extraordinary compilation of baseball history, individual intensity, and the unbridled joy.

This remarkable collection features perhaps the most pressure-packed pitching performance ever -- the quintessential masterpiece Don Larsen's 1956 World Series Perfect Game.

This classic game is elevated by the television play-by-play of legendary Mel Allen and young Vin Scully plus for the first time ever the radio play-by-play of Bob Wolf is included as an alternative baseball bonus track. Three Hall of Fame announcers providing coverage of a singularly historic event!

Six Yankees Perfect Games and No Hitters now available on DVD!

DISC 1: October 8, 1956 Don Larsen's Perfect Game, 1956 World Series Game 5: This remarkable record is a time-capsule of baseball from a different era. Stunning, riveting perfect -- with play-by play from Mel Allen, Vin Scully, and a bonus audio track - Bob Wolf's radio call.

DISC 2: July 4, 1983 Dave Righetti's No-hitter: Righetti's no-hit gem in the sweltering heat against the rival Boston Red Sox announced by broadcast legend Mel Allen sparkled like an Independence Day fireworks display.

DISC 3: September 4, 1993 - Jim Abbott's No-hitter: Of all the no-hitters ever thrown at Yankee Stadium, perhaps none was more unforeseen or inspirational.

DISC 4: May 14, 1996 Dwight Gooden's No-hitter: His improbable no-hitter punctuated his remarkable return to baseball and the city he had electrified a decade earlier setting an historic Yankees season into motion.

DISC 5: May 17, 1998 David Wells' Perfect Game: On an equally perfect spring Sunday, David Wells, a lover of baseball history, made history as he became the 15th man to pitch a perfect game.

DISC 6: July 18, 1999 David Cone's Perfect Game: The perfect final disc: The day began with a perfect salute to the past as Don Larsen threw the ceremonial first pitch to Yogi Berra. The day ended with David Cone finishing the third perfect game at Yankee Stadium - another intersection of Yankees heroics past and present.

BONUS FEATURES: TBD

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Each complete set of 2008 Topps Baseball contains 660 regular Topps Baseball Series 1 and Series 2 cards. 536 Veteran players, 60 Rookies, 30 Managers, 10 League Leaders, 2 Rookie of the Year, 2 League MVPÕs, 2 Cy Young Winners, 10 Classic Combos and 8 Post Season Highlights plus 5 Dick Perez Illustrated Cards.

This 2008 Topps Complete Baseball Card Set will round out your baseball card collection, combining all 660 cards from Series 1 and 2. You'll find the most inclusive player selection, complete career statistics and an exciting array of photography. The set is ideal for gift-giving and appeals to fans and collectors of all ages. It includes:

• Veterans: 536 players from Series 1 and 2
• Rookies: 60 rising stars from Series 1 and 2
• Subsets: 64 players from Series 1 and 2
• 30 Manager Cards
• 10 League Leaders
• 2 Rookies of the Year
• 2 League MVPs
• 2 Cy Young Award Winners
• 10 Classic Combo cards
• 8 Post Season Highlights

This set also includes a five-card set of exclusive Dick Perez illustrated cards, including Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Ken Griffey Jr., Albert Pujols, and Vladimir Guerrero.

About Topps
The Topps Company was founded in 1938 as Topps Chewing Gum, and in its early years produced a popular penny "Topps Gum" from a factory in Brooklyn, N.Y. After World War II, the company developed Bazooka Bubble Gum, and in 1950, added trading cards to its product line. Baseball cards appeared in 1951 and quickly became a vital part of pop culture, a tradition that continues to this day, and includes football (both American and European) and basketball, in addition to entertainment cards and stickers and albums. In July 2003, Topps acquired WizKids, LLC a designer and marketer of collectible strategy games. Topps maintains offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, and Argentina, in addition to the U.S.

PlayStation-exclusive baseball series hits '09 with new features and added details. Road to the Show features interactive training to improve abilities and performance in a variety of skill sets. Franchise Mode adds items such as salary arbitration and September call-ups. MLB 09: The Show gives you the ultimate baseball experience with the level of detail and realism of the game. Road to the Show 3.0 - You can play offense and defense from a custom-created perspective. Interactive training (set of mini-games designed to improve ability and performance in various areas of baseball) New steal/lead-off system Updated presentations Coach interactions Franchise Mode 2.0 - 40-man roster Salary Arbitration Waiver Transactions September call-ups Legend Mode - fifth level of difficulty for ultimate challenge

MLB 09: The Show is back for the 2009 baseball season with all the authentic baseball action that baseball and video game fans have come to expect from the longest running officially licensed Major League Baseball game series on PlayStation platforms. The fourth game in the series, MLB 09 also includes a wealth of new features such as Road to the Show 3.0, Franchise Mode 2.0, Online Season Leagues and Roster Vault.

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An Update to 'The Road to the Show'
MLB 09: The Show comes with the new and improved Road to the Show 3.0 which allows for interactive training, new settings, a new steal/ lead-off system, presentations and coach interactions. Interactive training will consist of a set of mini-games designed to improve a player’s ability and performance in various areas of baseball.

Franchise Mode 2.0
Franchise Mode 2.0 brings improvements to your game including the long awaited 40-man roster. The latest Franchise Mode improvements will also offer Salary Arbitration, Waiver Transactions and September call-ups.

Online League Play
Along with improvements to the traditional Online Leagues, MLB 09 will offer major additions to Online Season Leagues. New Online Season Leagues will allow you to hold a fully functional draft and utilize a Flex Schedule, allowing players to play games ahead in the schedule.

Roster Vault
Roster Vault gives users the ability to create their perfect roster offline by adjusting player attributes, appearance, accessories, etc... Users can then save this Roster to their Memory Card. Once online users can upload them from where they are stored to allow others users online to download, use and rate their Roster. The new Roster Vault feature lets the The Show community share and judge any Roster.

Key Game Features:

• Road to the Show 3.0 - The new version of the popular mode includes an all-new steal and leadoff system, and more interaction with the player's coaches.
• Franchise 2.0 - Now includes salary arbitration, waiver transactions, September call-ups, and the 40-man roster.
• Improved online play - Now includes flex scheduling to allow players to play out-of-order games, and Roster Vault option to allow gamers can create their own custom rosters and upload them online for other gamers to use.
• SportsConnect Online User Tracking (SCOUT) - SCOUT allows gamers to set their game preferences, store them on the server, and then allows the system to look for a Quick Match with an opponent that fits their criteria.
• Multi-Branch Fielding - Branch Point Technology goes to a new level as gamers you can now take full control of fielders and break out of any animation in the process. Change a fielding decision and branch out of any animation after the first branch point.
• Adaptive Pitching Intelligence (API) - Catchers will call the game based on individual strengths and weaknesses of each pitcher and analyze tendencies of batters.
• Pitch Command System (PCS) - Pitchers' abilities to throw a specific pitch change depending on how often the pitcher throws it.
• Revamped Umpire Personalities - Umpire personalities have been tweaked further.
• Roster Vault - This gives users the ability to create their perfect roster offline by adjusting player attributes, appearance, accessories, etc... Users can then save this Roster to their Memory Card. Once online users can upload them from where they are stored to allow others users online to download, use and rate their Roster.
• In-game Saves - Ever needed to save your progress in the middle of the game or an inning? Never Miss A Single Play Again With In-Game Saves.
• Catcher Called Games - The Show pushes the envelope for realism by incorporating catchers calling pitches. You’ll really know what it feels like to stand on the mound and nod or shake a pitch from the catcher. It’s up to you – just don’t make a mistake pitch. The catcher’s setup also acts as a guide to your decisions on where to locate a pitch.
• Improved In-Game Pitcher and Batter Analysis - The Pitch Analysis is a breakdown of all the pitches thrown during the current game being played. You’ll be able sort by pitcher, LHB or RHB, pitch type and result. This is also available for Batters.
• Progressive Batting Performance - Specific to each batter, you’ll be rewarded with slight contact bonuses for each batter who performs beyond his statistical ability under your control. Conversely, if your performance takes a dip, you’ll see slight decreases in contact for each batter that performs below that statistical ability.
• 3-Man Booth - Rex Hudler joins Matt Vasgersian and Dave Campbell for the most comprehensive commentary you’ve heard in any baseball game. MLB 09 The Show sets the bar high with progressive commentary that changes you progress through the game, adapting to current actions and situations.
• User Controlled Slides - Control base runners down to the last detail. Split-second decisions are the difference between a win and a loss so as you round the bases, you decide when it’s time to get dirty.
• Unique Stadium Ambiance - Every MLB team is specific to their stadium with coordinated crowds, team colors and audio that catering to each team and specific players.