Whereas last year was a big focus on new modes and really expanding the series’ repertoire, this year was refining everything into a mold as perfectly cast as a Cooperstown plaque. MLB The Show 17 is a year where it feels like everything has come together for the franchise on the PS4. So, it is with renewed joy every spring that the baseball season gets underway, and with it my two loves of video games and baseball come together with the annual release of MLB The Show-and this year’s entry into the series is enough to have both gamers and sabermetricians alike excited. Obviously, my career took a different turn, but I still have an undying love for baseball (and still think I’m better than 90% of the play-by-play broadcasters out there).

Before getting into video games, I always thought sports would be the ultimate end goal of my media career-who knew you could make money playing and writing about video games-because all I ever wanted as a kid was to get into every game at Yankees Stadium for free.

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