They said MVP Baseball is amazing (they're right)

[@ryanconnor9254]

As someone with hundreds of hours into the game, you need to hold down the pitch button. It's the same type of setup that The Show used as the default for years. You've just been throwing low effort meatballs lol.

[@hardhatlunchpal]

Does he ever figure it out. It's painful

[@brziperiod]

@@hardhatlunchpal Considering he hearted the comment he saw it

[@jackl6121]

@@hardhatlunchpal the fact that he though the "games remaining" was chemistry remaining leaves me no hope he figured it out haha

[@jackl6121]

and now im back a couple minutes later to see he figured out the games remaining haha

[@John_Smith_Smith_John]

What a cool thing to boast about

[@jonathang942]

I forget which button it was, but if you press a button on the replay of a close play, you can get the manager to come out and argue with the umpire. It even has a little mini game to determine how angry the manager gets. Also, in the main menu, you should try the batting mini game. It’s basically a batting game on an obstacle course which is so much fun. Seriously this was one of the best sports games ever.

[@07Dsach]

For Xbox it’s Y, and you keep tapping it to make the aggression meter go up. So I’d imagine PS2 it’d be triangle. But you can do it for any play, not just replays. Even ones where the dude is clearly out 😂

[@delllaptop6958]

B on the gamecube

[@bringbacktheoldyoutube]

The Show needs to add this. It'll be fun to knock out Angel Hernandez.

[@GarkKahn]

Never knew which button it was (playing on PC) Always see the cpu doing that and wondered if i could do the same

[@owenlou325]

If you press it a few times more, you will be kicked out.

[@nolansundell]

This has to be a series

[@NTE_]

You’re so early I haven’t even posted yet

[@Millennium00]

I agree

[@Coolzilla1]

bro is hacking

[@Maddoxpowell28]

100% please

[@johnbracewell3700]

super auto turtle

[@SCOTTL77]

Throwing 75% speed with 100% accuracy is basically being the best batting practice pitcher ever.

[@dusthimself1062]

lol literally read this at the same time he gave up a homer and said "grand slam?? I'm not throwing them, like, gifts or anything!" @ 8:25

[@wrathofrock8323]

Hold the pitch button for more oomph on your pitches, so yes, you were throwing them gifts.

[@wesleypierre8227]

The funny thing: I 💭 thought that would be obvious, but now thinking of it, he probably bought the game at a pawn shop or GameStop so, it probably doesn't have a manual... Great tip...😅😊

[@redskinsDC2594]

@@wesleypierre8227but there’s still a screen with all the controls that he refuses to ever check in any game he plays. I assume it’s on purpose

[@dropthatshi]

i thought the whole point was to press in the green spot, do you actually hold at the beginning of the windup and then release the button in that green section? I've tried emulating this game and pretty much had the same experience as Drew here lol

[@redskinsDC2594]

@@dropthatshi yeah you hold it until it hits the bottom then let go, then hit it again when it hits the green. Holding it gives more power, the green part is for accuracy. So he was throwing accurate pitches but they were 88mph meatballs to MLB players so they were crushing him lol

[@wesleypierre8227]

@@redskinsDC2594 I forget about the controller button function screen, that actually explains in fine detail every button that one will ever use. Not only that but I'm sure there is a tutorial somewhere in there... Lol. Maybe he thought 💭 he would be cracking the bats off with yard bombs, but eh, he probably gave up on this game already

[@imsunho]

This is ABSOLUTELY the best sports game ever made. I think we would all love to see a series for the nostalgic memories!

[@ebogar42]

Not even close. Games today look much better and more fun fielding, pitching, and batting. This game is more fun if you care about setting ticket prices and stuff, but other than that it's not more fun playing it.

[@ZMO-NCAA]

Hey Drew I’m a dev for a mod of MVP 07 NCAA Baseball that’s in full HD with roster updates new bats and more you should check it out and bring back the cluckers!

[@josephewing6385]

How would one go about playing the mod? I'm kinda interested in playing this now but I've got no idea how I would go about it.

[@ron17]

give more info please

[@joaquimrabinovitch]

Oh I need this mod!

[@raishauntanner4206]

we all need this info asap!

[@TTurnerTV]

yeah this sounds fire gonna need that

[@Marty-Metal]

dude, my best advice is to, master the pitching, there is no better feeling than pitching a no hitter against a team of Legends. it's all timing, holding the left thumb stick location indicator in the batter's cold zone, while holding the pitch button until the effectiveness zone is reached, then releasing at the same time. Mastering this technique will lead to many hours of enjoyment and the only hits you give up will be from big timing mistakes. The abilities of the pitchers also have a big effect on this, pitchers with low control numbers will make the meter run faster, making it more difficult to throw effective pitches resulting in more balls or meatballs which usually end up in the seats.

[@TheRoonie222]

Legit the best baseball game ever made. My friend and I still play it every time we hangout to this day and we got it the year it came out. We're both 30 and we still call each other about our MVP Baseball saves.

[@JBarg25]

I basically retired from gaming after the PS3 generation (as a disabled guy, the increased detail with controllers was a real turnoff, plus I'm the epitome of Casual Gamer) and this is one of the games I frequently come back to.

[@FTLnovaKid]

@@JBarg25That sucks, at least you can still enjoy some games. I need to play more of these old sports games. They are almost always great.

[@JBarg25]

@@FTLnovaKid Oh yeah, I have plenty of PS1/2/3 games. More than enough to scratch the itch without hopping online and doing the Old Man bit.

[@chrisliam7569]

@@JBarg25mlb the show 22 has retro mose where you only have to press 1 button

[@crazydrummer181]

That’s awesome. Makes me wanna get with my brother and play this someday. We both played the hell out of this one.

[@Alexssmarsh]

THIS WAS MY FAVORITE GAME GROWING UP! Also...if you hold down the pitch button and fill up the arch, your pitch will move more. You can also get your manager up into blue's face by holding 'B' after a play - Something else, it has a banging playlist - still listen to a bunch of these songs to this day because of the is game

[@darkreyule]

120 years would be 19'440 games. I DARE you. Because we WILL watch them all!

[@user-wc1bd6ti7j]

THREE YEARS ALMOST TO THE DAY I asked you at Skybar to put this game on the channel and you said you couldn't get the stream to work, but you wanted to make it happen. I've waited three years for this day

[@octopus8420]

Happy for you :)

[@UndercoverNormie]

How tf do you know the exact day 3 years ago lol

[@AmarKelkar]

This is the NCAA 14 of baseball video games. Incredibly immersive and well-designed. I could watch a whole series of this and more!

[@dboyswitten82]

Sound track was perfect on mvp 04 and 05

[@rolltideroll8458]

FACTS

[@woody5581]

The best

[@claude122]

ngl when im bored i still listen to mlb 05 playlist sound track - and im still shocked there is no bad songs like nhl or other games where they would put 1 good songs and thats all

[@jordanissport]

TESSIE!!!

[@ThomasMartin-om7vq]

It was gay as fuk

[@PorkTips]

Play the mini games. They genuinely help you improve. Especially the pitching mini game

[@kevinbegey5114]

Crazy you ended up with Jeriome Robertson. I ended up with one of his game used jerseys in a memorbilia lot. Found out he died in a motorcycle accident and he left behind 2 sons. Found their high school coach and got the jersey to them. Get him a ring!

[@tylerfitzgerald266]

Back in 2015 me and two other buddies played this game every day for almost the whole entire year. It's crazy how much the three of us needed to grind to unlock all the stadium features in Owner Mode but it was so worth it

[@PrinceTalonSabre]

"I'm not throwing them gifts or anything" - 8:38 Drewski, brother, idk how to tell you this, but you kinda are. You see that meter that shows up when you start pitching? Typically you'd figure out that it needs to fill up first. iirc, the cpu hits more when you don't. (Edit: I'm surprised you got as many strikeouts as you did, but you did have some solid placement. Also Rookie AI) Even if it's fun to figure things out naturally (i know, I usually do that too), it may be worth investing in looking at controls and searching for the in-game tutorials and practice a little if you're getting cooked on the easiest difficulty. Watching this is what I imagine my dad would be like trying to play this first time (he didn't really like video games much, and never tried. He still struggles with the Smart TV sometimes, so understandable i guess) 😂

[@tomhipchen9507]

I've got a hitting trick for you, the ball will flash different colors to indicate which pitch (breaking-ball is red, change-ups green, sinkers/splitters purple, fastball/cutter no color) and sometimes you can see the color of the pitch in the pitcher's motion before they release, like they're tipping their pitches.

[@thonyarrieche]

This game used to be pretty unfair. Unless you had a stacked team with everyone super happy you could only lose, no matter the difficulty. Please keep playing this game! lol

[@ThatBaseballGuy13]

PLEASE DEAR LORD MAKE THIS A SERIES! Choose a team and do dynasty!!!!!!

[@TheSoulDivided]

Yo, it's Rickie Weeks! He's the associate manager for the Brewers now

[@dirtyhiggins5484]

Didn't he change his name to Booty Cheeks

[@killabt2502]

Go check out MVP 2003, the first game in the franchise. It's the last game that has Barry Bonds as a playable character out of the box. The later games featured his attributes, but the developers changed his name.

[@danskrolla]

I believe it was due to Bonds not being part of the player's union licensing agreement at the time. Kevin Millar was not in the MBLPA, so he got the same treatment in game

[@DamianLirettePiano]

Jon Dowd

[@chazpedersen13]

Watching him pitch was so hard to watch 🫣

[@CharmCityGamer]

MVP 05, the greatest baseball game ever made, please make this a series Drew!

[@rogerhamlett4913]

Still have my ps2 and MVP baseball! Lots of good memories with my dad! Now 25 years old i still play it with him from time to time!

[@ld3789]

"I want a good closer" picks armando benetiz...

[@samwebster2441]

“Everyone I throw a perfect pitch in the zone they’re hitting it” lololol comedy for folks who knew what was going on.

[@kevinrobinson8641]

Joystick affects the direction of the hits. Up and more chance of dingers left and right to go with inside/outside pitches and down for grounders... One of my favorite games of all time and the soundtrack is awesome, olevery time the title screen comes on, goosebumps

[@raphytejadax2]

this is the best baseball game of all time. this absolutely needs to be a series.

[@caseyleirer9677]

Jon Dowd is the Pablo Sanchez of MVP 2005

[@DamianLirettePiano]

He was the stand in player that inherited Barry Bonds' stats.

[@_theporkchopexpress]

So many all nighters in college playing this game. Great memories & damn I feel old.

[@shaep9752]

2 minutes in and I’m already talking about stop the video Derek Jeter as a Mets player is a alternate universe that I don’t want to live in 😂😂😂😂

[@OSRSnChill]

I got this and MLB 2k5 for my original Xbox and both are such bangers. Awesome to see you playing bro

[@TPTGopher]

As a Day 1 Nationals fan, MVP '05 will always hold a special place in my heart as the first game to allow me to play as my hometown team...as an overall baseball fan, I love MVP '05 for its accurate throwbacks (no numbers before 1930 - including late '20s Braves unis with Injun back, late '20s Detroit unis with a tiger on the back...no batting helmets before 1955...throwbacks being an option for the franchise rather than the city).

[@superstar16602]

so many stadium and roster packs you can download as well as they ability to change the bg music to your own play list such a great game

[@ItsMozaix]

Cant even tell you the amount of hours I sunk into this game as a kid. So glad to see it still getting played. Game will forever be ahead of its time, even in 2024

[@ebogar42]

It was fun managing your club and raising prices on things. I think that's what made it fun more than anything. Baseball games today are a lot more smoother and better graphics if we're just going by that. They are far superior in that aspect.

[@brycejohns978]

You need to be sponsored by dennys with all those grand slams you gave out😂 love the video need more

[@alexbardon1691]

Seeing Jeter in the other New York uniform seems sacrilegious

[@WitYoUgglass]

The GREATEST baseball game ever. I don’t wanna hear anything about The Show . MVP Baseball I probably have the most amount of hours played out of ANY game I’ve ever played. And I’m 28 and started gaming when I was 3 lol. Imo it’s the greatest sports game of all time.

[@YungFrenchToasty]

As a KC born and raised native and Royals fan. I'm (partially) sorry the Royals finally won the world series over your Mets. My dad (who LOVED baseball as a sport) got to go to one of the home games before the Royal went on the road. He was battling cancer and it a joy to see him watch a Royals championship win before he passed in April 2017. Side note: That manager should have never let Harvey go into the 9th

[@LanzaNation]

LRP means Long Relief Pitcher, in other words the relief pitcher you put in early in case the starter has to be taken out quickly. They tend to have the most stamina and can go multiple innings it’s not for left handed relief pitchers. 😂

[@Lucas_Brester]

I have a brewers dynasty that has gone 47 years and ive had it for 3 irl years. Ive won 28 World Series lmao

[@t.o.double9497]

The best baseball game ever is World Series baseball for X-Box. I believe it came out around 2001-02. It was just a perfect game. Me and my friends use to get together and play tournaments. We removed all the ingame devices to make the game as tough and realistic as possible. The game was perfect.

[@GarrettWebster-mx5wx]

Every time they used to announce a batch of B/C titles I always dreamed they would add this game . I KNEW they wouldn’t but I could dream . MVP Baseball forever

[@sidekickz2180]

This game is one of my all time favorites EVER. I reached #8 overall in online play (the top 7 players all used lag switches or quit if you got close to beating them). Hey, some guys were getting laid and having fun. I was playing this lol

[@xylynthian753]

The owner mode in this game is hands down the the best franchise mode in any sports game ever. It's so ridiculously in depth and you have to constantly tinker with everything to keep your team afloat. I constantly made the mistake of setting the ticket prices too high early in the season and being broke by August of the first year.

[@DamianLirettePiano]

Dude had a shot at Jake Peavy and Johan Santana and passed on them both. Those were the two best players to build your team around in MVP baseball 2005. I know he was young and not familiar with the game/players. But it hurt to see as someone who played that game to death. Both guys turn into 99s for a decade of domination haha

[@danplewnarz]

There's an online mod and update community for the PC version of this game, much like NCAA Football.

[@Noledad77]

I've spent a TON of time in this game. I always created players and added some to my team and let the CPU pick up others (I'd create myself, my brother, cousins, people I knew). Playing the mini games will help immensely. The distance thing you were looking at with Papi and Pujols was in the home run derby. That was the total HR distance needed to win. Give it another shot and you'll get the hang of it. Also, shout out to NCAA MVP06 Baseball. Another fun and fantastic game!

[@heatwave1789]

There was a baseball game called MLB Heat i think. There was a feature where you cam lock on where the pitch woukd be and hit a home run easy. I used to crush homers with Big Mo when he was on the Angels 😂

[@bradylangley113]

Same on N64 with Ken Griffey baseball

[@Jsneebs42]

One of the best Baseball games ever created. There are also quite a few real players in the minors with fake names like Joey Votto, Prince Fielder, Justin Verlander, etc.

[@derrickblanton8328]

Matt Derkson on the Red Sox farm team is the GOAT in that game

[@kingtrav]

I remember this game having great animations, and they definitely hold up 20 years later.

[@TrinityShoji]

It's not all about the money, Schpida man... IT'S A BOUT THE METS BABY, LOVE THE METS. ALRIGHT BABY LET'S GO, GET A HOME RUN BABY LOVE THE METS LET'S GO METS

[@chrisdoe9988]

My favorite baseball game of all time Nfl 2k5 was my favorite football game, please keep playing these bangers

[@fawnnahh7438]

Greatest sports game soundtrack. Hope you get a chance to listen to it.

[@Techninjaspeaks]

I remember playing this game with my modded xbox. I was able to import high res assets give stadiums a more realistic look. Also, there was a bug where lefties didn't hit as many home runs because the ball had more top spin or something weird... God I'm such a nerd.

[@TCat17]

thats 2004 youre thinking of with the lefty glitch

[@steaksfromjakesfarm9907]

I used to play this game every day as a kid!!! My uncle is in the game!!!!

[@TonyBlack574]

I just opened the game up over the weekend, and created (painstakingly) a baseball movie roster from Major League, Little Big League, Angels in the Outfield and Rookie of the Year

[@SumnerTube21]

Had the best controls of any sports game I have ever played still to this day. you could do absolutely everything you wanted in a quick easy setup

[@JonathanKollodziej]

This is my absolute favorite game of all time. I honestly still play this to this day. Can't believe you didn't do the Mini-Games though

[@cfm3001]

I love this game. Being able to play full seasons with all 4 levels of teams. I hate that we can't play as A teams in The Show. Now I'm wondering if there are current rosters for PS2 uploaded online.

[@Toketree]

This is one of the best games on ps2 one of the best baseball games ever made no doubt .. the reason your pitching is getting rocked is you have to hold the button the way down until it hits the little red line at the bottom. The red line will get thicker as your pitcher gets more tired. But that’s how you throw better pitches.

[@brandensneed6166]

Please please play this for the next 70 years

[@Jsneebs42]

I was playing this game last week. The drafts can be fairly random but one time I was able to get Barry Bonds (Jon Dowd), Sammy Sosa, Griffey, A rod, Jose Reyes, Chone figgins, Piazza (I played him at first base), Mike Matheny. My pitching staff wasn't great but they were young and decent. My ace was a 22 year old Zack Greinke, and Robb Nenn my closer. I can't remember the rest of my pitchers besides Esteban Loaiza, and Aaron Harang.

[@OG_Loudermilk]

My FAVORITE game growing up💯 many unforgettable memories playing this game with my best friend growing up, brought back a lot of nostalgia that I appreciate!

[@lostitos1584]

Crazy how almost all the old console sports games you could do a lot more. Now the innovation is virtual trading cards + currency.

[@williampetrosky204]

I never thought I’d be able to root for Paul Konerko again! Thank you Drewski!

[@cptainbubbles]

I could be wrong, but MVP 05 was the first in depth baseball game that also included the individual HR swings on some players like Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz and Jim Edmonds. There are more, I just can't remember them.

[@antbojo]

I know you gave your disclaimer, but I still love seeing all these guys who ended up being perennial all stars that you're just glancing over without a mention lol. Im just a baseball nerd though. Love your videos man

[@BigEasyAnnouncing]

I had this game for the GameCube and it was my absolute favorite game to play when I was a kid.

[@Andrew-ly6yf]

Dude the dynasty mode with the farm system and mini games, the soundtrack, everything about this game was amazing. My knowledge of MLB rosters still goes back to this game😂

[@SCOTTL77]

Use the left analog stick for bat launch angle as well

[@Yallcheatin]

19:52 😂😂 bro I laughed out loud. Remaining is referring to the games left in the season, which were listed below. Great game, love the vids, man.

[@TheAndyk123]

At 8:59, Jeter made the right play. There was zero chance of getting the baserunner at first, and the play at second was actually close. Plus the runner going into second was the lead runner, so it's a bigger priority to get that guy out.

[@tspawn35]

On pc people make updated rosters and stadiums still for MVP 2005. It has had a crazy dedicated community for 20 years.

[@masonashley3388]

This was my absolute favorite game as a kid, so many great memories of this one

[@d.l.rittenberry6394]

I played this and Slugfest to absolute death on OG Xbox back in the day. I think I remember getting to 50 or 60 years in dynasty. It's way less fun when you get that far though. Most of the real players are retired out after 10.

[@MaiquisonFernandes]

These older games are great, The Show 2011 had a lot of these features, it takes a lot of time, but I remember having a lot of fun.

[@michaelduffey9302]

The way you’re pitching is like putting in a little leagues with perfect accuracy lol. You need to hold the button down to gain power before releasing it and pushing it again for accuracy. MVP ‘05 was an amazing game

[@gamebred88]

Best baseball game I’ve ever played. It was perfection of the ps2. Senior year of hs we played the hell out of this.

[@GarkKahn]

As somebody with hours in the game let me tell you it's tough to learn And the game even laughs at you throwing tips before game THAT LAST FOR 2 SECONDS AT MOST and you don't have a place to learn or see those tips except for playing the game and figure it out yourself I even abandoned the game on my first try during the pandemic and return around a year ago, now i'm an expert, but i had to hit the wall WAY more times than i should had if this had a section where you could learn how to play except for playing and losing games by a huge margin and not knowing how to improve other than "Let's try something else"

[@dropthatshi]

lol thank u i feel so validated reading this, can u pass along some unintuitive tips or advice for noobs like myself? I tried emulating this game before and pretty much had Drew's experience in the game where he was getting hammered by the Reds lol

[@wesleypierre8227]

I think the"REMAINING" PART in the simulation was how many games are left in the regular season before wild card weekend., ✨⭐

[@wesleypierre8227]

19:51

[@codypearson5535]

I have soooooooooo many hours in this game...i can still hear the sound track.. thanks for the nostalgia

[@nathanwagner9895]

Ichiro is broken in mvp 2005. His contact was so high and his power was just high enough that you can always hit lead off home runs with him when you do a power swing.

[@roanoke42]

I thought I recognized the AAA affiliate logo and abbreviation, went to double check via wikipedia and sure enough it was my local minor league team! Didn't know they were a Mets affiliate back 20 years ago since they've been an Orioles affiliate as long as I've lived here. Always cool to see a minor league team I know in videos and games.

[@1519brick]

No Diddy 18:51 😂

[@ryanhammond7730]

I loved this game as a kid, I heard it was amazing around 2010 and decided to get it and it became my baseball game of choice for years.

[@psychotheunsane7285]

I remember the PSP version which had TONS of legendary players such as Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra, Honus Wagner, Robin Yount, and Satchel Paige.

[@ridesharefoodie]

Better chance for homeruns is to hold the directional button up when hitting the ball. Every baseball game ive played it works especially when indicating the direction you want to hit the ball.

[@07Dsach]

I’ve had a Royals series going on my XBOX since I first bought this game. About 20 years later and this is still the best baseball game I’ve ever played. I’ve got “Pressure Point” “Finding out True Love is Blind”, and “Honest Mistake” in my Spotify playlist, and it brings me so much nostalgia everytime I hear them. My only complaint is the draft kind of sucks, but it is what it is.

[@i_sharky]

I don’t watch baseball but playing this as a kid was so fun. Spent hours and hours in mini games and the “dynasty” mode even though I had no idea what I was doing

[@Bassinwithjesse]

EA in 05 was cracked. Video brought back a ton of nostalgia. Game literally taught me to slide.

[@ghart22]

Ncaa baseball had the manage sim style too where you spam whatever buttons you want. Fun to see it so quickly done lol

[@justinfraziet6843]

I love that intro to that game too. Found this game at a yard sale and it was the best game i had ever played!

[@Squishmallows24]

From time to time I still go back and play madden 2005, NFL 2k5 and this game. They are so much better than anything out today. They are just fun to play.

[@TheKingDillon96]

We need a dynasty mode series man!!!! WE ARE BEGGING FOR IT!!!!!!

[@nathanhartline9159]

The sound effects when you click and scroll in this game are S-tier