The Greatest MLB Video Game of All Time 

If this video looks familiar, it's a reupload from 2020. The older version didn't live up to my quality standards and I decided to sorta "remaster" it. Anyways, I'll be uploading an NBA 2K12 retrospective next!

Being able to argue any call and balancing how much you wanted to push it or just full on get tossed from the game is still something unrivaled

Picked this baby up for like $10 at a local game store and walked out like I just robbed the place.

I remember being absolutely addicted to this game when it came out, it scared me because I had no ambition in life other then to play this game for like 12 hours straight for months at a time, I would probably still be playing it if I were not forced to get a job

My father and I had a rocky relationship growing up but this was something we unknowingly bonded over. I was never into sports videogames but I would sit there and watch as he played for hours and hours just working on his players and playing single games. When I didn’t understand the stats he’d explain them to me and I think I know what little I do know about sports stats because of that. The music was awesome too. He’d leave the game idle while he went to take a break and the soundtrack would blast through the house. One of the few good memories at the time that I look back fondly on.

also thing that always amazed me about mvp baseball was how in depth the minor league systems were. could go play a single A, AA, or AAA if wanted to. and the trade machine was so damn realistic which shocks me so hard that madden current day still cant figure out. when they were able to do it great for mvp in 2005 and madden 04-2010

This game legitimately started my love for baseball. I got addicted to game of baseball and the New York Mets for no reason other than I loved their stadium.

This game is a staple of my childhood. So many nights staying up playing this game

Can we appreciate its soundtrack too? Honestly one of the best sports game soundtracks of all time.

God the argument/ejection system was amazing. Felt so real

I once played 20 games in a row one night playing MVP baseball, and so many hours in the mini game mode. I wish EA put actual heart into their games like they did years ago, MVP will remain in my memories forever

MVP 05 - NCAA MVP 07 were goated games. Very fond memories of playing those games while stationed in Korea.

I still play this game to this day. I’m in about year 20 of Owner Mode. Game simply doesn’t age.

The show 2010-2013 were incredible but mvp 05 is the best baseball game ever made.

This game on the GameCube is unmatched.....and is still King to this very day!!!

OMG when I saw the title of this video and the game cover I HAD to comment......I can't give you enough thumbs up for the video. I spent countless hours with my friends in the neighborhood, my step brothers and also my high school baseball team playing this game and watching this video makes me nostalgic as hell especially when I saw the albert Pujols in the powder blue cardinals uniform and the pitching meter. Oh man you made my day with this video haha. What you said about all the 2005 EA sports games is so damn true...I had this game, NBA Live with mello on the cover and the madden 05 with ray lewis and the tiger woods 05 was the first golf game I ever played and every single one of these games I went DEEP into careers with created players and my own mock drafts and also regular teams....The fact that the red sox (my favorite team) won it all for the first time in 86 years the year before this game came out and my fav player (besides Chipper Jones) was on the cover and it was the year I graduated high school just hits so many nostalgic spots for me that I will always love this game and the entire 05 EA sports lineup....Seeing names like Johnny Damon, David Eckstein, Alber Pujols, Manny Ramirez and JON DOWD LOL.....This was the first GREAT baseball game that would hold up today. OMG i miss this time frame, This was the last year or so that I knew every lineup and every pitching rotation for every team in the N.L. and the A.L. being MR. Baseball and having this game come out with all the bells and whistles was a perfect point in time for me....Love the video!!

I just bought and played MVP Baseball 2005 for my PS2…it’s addicting.

I literally became addicted to sports games in 2005😭 -NBA live 2005 -MVP Baseball 2005 -NBA 2k5 -NBA street V3 -NFL 2k5

MVP Baseball 2005 was absolutely amazing for its time. Unfortunately, as for many sports games we see today, companies remove features that existed in previous games and add them back in future games pretending like they added some new feature. It’s just pure corporate greed at this point. The fact that games almost two decades old are miles ahead of the modern sports games, besides graphics, is sad.

Such good memories man. These were the days when sports devs cared about immersion and not how much they could make from loot boxes or card games. Maybe someday we can get back to this.

I always tell people about this game and no one ever knows it. I played this over every other sports game for years even after others came out. The mini games were amazing, just a perfect baseball game. The Show needs to take some notes from the Goat.

I had this game and NFL 2k5. For probably 5 years or so, every fall I would play NFL 2k5 franchise and every spring I would play MLB 2005.

One of the greatest sports game ever! Glad you remastered this. This game is worth it.

this game was truly ahead of it's time.....let's appreciate the greatness of this game and how amazing it really was.

This and Ken Griffey Presents MLB were always my two favorite games from their respective generations. As for currently, idk if anything ever beat '05.

played it during my freshmen year in college...got into it so deep that took me quite a while to get back to the school. Created myself a pitcher with 20 wins and hitting 50 hrs...still remembering the happiest face I had seeing the stats.

I remember waking up on the weekends and turning on mvp in the living room tv. My mom making delicious Mexican breakfast, and my dads family randomly showing up. You can smell the coffee aroma and hear the gossip all while playing mvp, nba live , or Nfl 2k5. Miss those days 😢

Most definitely my favorite baseball game of all times. Thank you for this video. Ohhh what a fun memories!

Glad I came across this video. I'm sure I've spend maybe half a years worth of time into this game between all the modes. I loved building my own ball Park and team and I had made my own Ohtani at the time by the name of “Jake McDougal”. This game is a core memory especially for any fan of the 90s-00s baseball the last great Era. What a video and trip down memory lane. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing this! I put so many hours into this game growing up and it brought back wonderful memories!

Great video. MVP 2005 was unbelievably deep and fun to play

Tessie by the Dropkick Murphys was my absolute favorite song on that game. That game was so awesome. I need to get a PS2 just to buy that game

Dude your content is just rock solid.

Dude this was my favorite game ever growing up. For some reason I stopped paying attention to baseball for years but I’m back following again and I love it

Oh yes. The times we didn't have cancerous microtransactions in video games. I've never been able to quite replicate that feeling with any other baseball game like MVP 05 did. I'm still playing on PC running a Dynasty mode with custom rosters. So many good memories with this game. Another baseball game I really enjoyed was All Star Baseball 2003 on the original Xbox. I believe it was the only baseball game with an expansion mode and was my favorite mode in a baseball game.

This game was my childhood. Thank you so much for honoring such an amazing video game.

I'm remember playing MVP baseball 2005 back in the day as a kid its definitely one of the greatest sports games of time..I would still play it today if I could the game is legendary

YES!!!! I loved this game. I remember throwing a no hitter in online mode with Sidney Ponson. No baseball game has ever felt so comfortable and controllable.

Loved this game so much. Played many seasons. Also used to download rosters and buy memory cards online that were updated rosters and faces and full minor league rosters. Such a great time!

I think I probably played this game more than any other sports game ever. I loved the color pitch indicator. That's such a great idea on how to give the player an ability to read a pitch. Plus it's semi-accurate to how you read a pitch IRL. Like you said, this game was SO ahead of its time in so many different aspects.

This video answered the question I always had about owning 04 as a teen. I knew it always seemed that Lefty batters had so much less power than righty batters. Glad to know I wasn't just going crazy, and just for some reason sucked at using lefty batters without realizing it.

Remember desperately wanting this game in the year 2004 just bc Manny Ramirez was the man! Never got the chance to buy as for my childhood this game was def expensive but just everyday wishing to own this game while i was living in Venezuela. So dope to see the reviews of this game decades later & hearing how it’s one of the best sports video game of all time.

you hit the head on the nail with the sountrack. They ALWAYS had a great sountrack. an absolute classic is "morning star" from triple play baseball

I played this on PC for years. The absolute standard for baseball games. Its also the game that introduced me to Eagle Eye Cherry Save tonight.

You make great videos and retrospectives, and I know you got a lot of things planned ahead, but one of my favorite things you made was the Sarasota Seamen series. Anyways, keep up the great work, can't wait for your 2K12 retrospective.

Baseball games were always ahead of their time. Even back to the first 3d baseball games like all star baseball, you had signature batting stances and pitching animations. You always had immaculate looking stadiums even dating back to 16 bit baseball games like ken griffey jr's winning run.

By far my favorite baseball game of all time. It’s not close either. This video was straight nostalgia. Thank you.

Madden 05, MVP Baseball 05, NBA Live 05, and ESPN Football 2K5, was just a few of the best sports games of 2004. As a person who plays baseball games, I was broke in college that year in 2004, and was only able to get 5 games that year across several genres. It was a hard (yet later dumb) decision to skip this game. I couldn’t agree with this video more, as this was an outstanding take on a classic and masterpiece of a game!

It’s so funny, I can’t believe somebody else remembers John Dowd. This game gives me such nostalgia, being 19, in my first apartment, with a really fun job and being completely self-sufficient, with a girlfriend I was head over heels for, and on days she was in class late sitting in the 2nd bedroom of the apartment where the Xbox was set up with a big ass fan blowing on me, getting high and playing the Mets dynasty mode for 20 years. Waking up at 5AM, getting on the train to head to work all to come back that night and do the same thing. Nothing but optimism and light responsibilities, life just didn’t seem so serious, and this game along with Gun on the Xbox brings me back to those times.

I played more of this baseball game than any other. The mini games,the deep franchise mode kept me coming back. I miss this game.

Such a quick mention of the “announcing duo” and not mentioning Kruk and Kuip’s great chemistry was a disservice.

I love how you can unlock then old Jerseys and stadiums! Polo grounds!

THE 03 version with Randy Johnson is my ALL TIME favorite baseball game.

Tessie by Dropkick Murphys, and "An Honest Mistake, are absolutely goated.

Played this game last night, pretty fun ngl.

I've played the PC version of the game almost every single day since it was released. I estimate that I've played this game over 15,000 times. It's the most awesomely-addictive game I've ever played.

I was 13 years old when this game came out and I received the psp version as a gift. Some of the most fun I ever had with a baseball game, and that was the baby version since it was on psp! Still had most of the features and the gameplay was so freaking crisp especially for the time

I love MVP Baseball 2005 for the original Xbox. I played it for the 2020 MLB season and took the White Sox to the World Series in dynasty mode like they did in real life, and the game looks great in 720p on the Xbox version.

This game will forever live in my heart, I remember my mom taking me down to another Game Stop across the city to get it, it was 20% off and came out the same month but someone returned it I loved the way the games depth was, the minor league system was good, and the game play was solid, and the music pops into my head randomly, I even have a Playlist of it.

I recall playing it at my buddy's house, and even though I'm not really into baseball, I had fun playing. I had no idea this game was so revered, even beyond MLB games and sports games! For the way that people talk about MLB: The Show, I figured that series of games held the honors of the best baseball games out there, followed by the 2k series on Xbox 360/PS3.

Now that is what I call a Professional review!

0:29 Thanks for showing Johnny here, real champ

Played this on GameCube as a kid for hours loved creating my own ballpark

In regards to your intro, NBA 05 WAS INCREDIBLE. I always stuck with EA basketball till the end based on that game and the nostalgia I feel towards it.

I'm playing the show 21 ,..as good as it is , it's making me miss that old 05 game , loved picking what promotional days you'd have during the season,even what they served at the food stands, and you didn't need to be online to create a stadium, still have it in the drawer

I played this game as a kid back when it came out and had no idea it was held with such high regard. To be fair it was fun though, so I should have known lol.

Seriously, one of the best baseball games ever made. The absolute best, actually now that I think of it..and not *just* for sports games either, but _any_ game. Always loved using Barry in an earlier entry. Couldn't believe he licensed out for that *one* year and the next year, they put some made-up schmuck named"Dowd" or something in his place.😅(Just saw you mentioned this as I typed) Playing as the all-time legends was so much fun and it was just so fckn _crazy_ to see that my city's friggin Double A team, the Erie SeaWolves was actually.. IN..THE GAME! Logos and everything! Blew my mind..so much fun and so many good times playing against my brother with this one. A marvelous marvelous game.

New subscriber. My love for old school video games brought me here.

I still play this great game on PC, with updated roster, uniforms, portraits, faces, you name it, thanks to a great group of guys over mvpmods.

Bring back memories of my Sophomore year of college playing this game til damn near 2 in the morning 😂

This game is the reason I still play my ps2. Gran turismo 2 is also a close reason, but this game is amazing. Subbed as I approve of this message

I agree this was my favorite game. I love how it was modded and I played it for 5 years after it came out. I also love how you can argue calls haha

Yay, Softdrink is back 👏👏

I loved the game as a kid and still play it on my ps2 from time to time. I think sports games as a whole today feels so lifeless almost like the real product lol but seriously this game was gold. I miss those days of classic games day one.

Extremely well done SOFTDRINKTV. What other games do you review? Just old ones or new stuff as well? Thank you!

Serious consideration for a very overlooked gem, World Series Baseball 2 for the Sega Saturn. That game was phenomenal and still enjoyable to this day.

I loved this game. The hitting and pitching mechanics were so good. I remember making a dynasty mode team with players that had advantageous heat maps and just mashing.

God, I can here that intro. It’s burned in my memory and I love it. Had it for the GameCube. What’s really awesome my GameCube and this game still work.

The home run mini game was so fun. So many good memories playing this game and I don’t even watch baseball

I have this for PC. It's still my fave baseball game to play. I've played it this year lol. The Paterson cheat codes were ridiculous. Thank you for remastered vid.

My favorite Baseball game was "Earl Weaver Baseball" on the Commodore Amiga. Played that a ton when I was a kid.

MVP baseball is a mainstay in my GameCube I always play it even today

Nice vid, this game is definitely top 5 sports games of all time

Love your work truly man. Please review FIFA STREET 2012 on PS3!

gamecube 2004 Mvp is my personal favorite the defense was played perfectly to the controls and you knew when you got ahold of a pitch

I’m SO GLAD someone made this. I have been saying this for YEARS

Every baseball game I play I compare to this! Great nostalgia video!

Totally Agree! I just bought this game for my nephews and they could not believe how great this game was. I gave them an original Xbox I found at a yardsale with this game and Burnout 3. Great Video!

I will definitely be playing it soon. Been wanting to get into sports games more.

And its really not even close. Ive been playing baseball games since Nintendo and MVP is far better than any other baseball game Ive played. So damn good

Love your channel, ive played MLB but what do you think of with Ken Griffey Jr Major League Baseball for the n64, definite classic along with March Madness 2000 for ps1. Best Dick Vitale commentary in a game haha

I spent so much time playing this game and I knew so much about baseball then, not because I was a baseball fan, but just learned all the rosters from the game.

This brings back memories. Spent hours loading custom rosters with all the hall of famers and updated rosters years and years later

Not gonna lie you are absolute right. This game has alot of memories with me we used to play on the game cube alllll day. Specifically 2005 too, this game was lit

Agreed. I’ve played probably 40-50 different baseball games and this was the true goat. The mini-games were awesome. Excellent old characters and old stadiums. The create a character was incredible, made Koufax, Cool Papa Bell, etc with customizable styles and unique stats

This game lead to MVP 06 (and 07) college baseball. Such good games in 2020 I went out and bought a PS2 to play them again lol The metal bat sound is the best 👌🏻

I bought a ps2 a couple years ago just to play this game again. used to play it with my dad all the time as a kid and it still holds up today. I'd play this over the show any day

I remember being in love with this game. I remember playing and wishing mvp 05 had a pitch count and i paused the game and there was the pitch count! Game was amazing. I learned a lot about baseball from this game. How to pitch. Easports needs to make a comeback with college football.

This game was my childhood

My favorite baseball game of all time. I really liked that you can play on old stadiums and with a lot of legends and other great features.