MLB 09: The Show Tournaments: The Stats
MLB 09: The Show is the fourth edition of the incredibly popular MLB: The Show baseball simulation video game series. Produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and available for all PlayStation platforms—PS2, PS3, and PSP—MLB 09: The Show competition cover-art features Boston Red Sox second-baseman, Dustin Pedroia, reigning MVP of the American League.
Similar to MLB 08: The Show, online MLB 09 video game challenges enable gamers to guide their favorite teams or athletes—or their own self-created video game baseball players—through nine innings, an entire season, or a complete career. Also like MLB 08: The Show, BringIt members can turn the sedentary sport of online baseball tournaments into a serious stream of revenue. Because when you sign up for a free BringIt membership, you gain ultimate access to compete in two-man MLB 09: The Show video game battles or multiplayer MLB 09: The Show online tournaments for cold, hard cash.
Online MLB 09: The Show Tournaments: Features & Upgrades
MLB 09: The Show is one of those video games that, year after year, makes you wonder, “Can it get any better?” And then, year after freakin’ year, it somehow surpasses even your half-asleep hallucinations of what would comprise the greatest online baseball game ever. In this regard, the MLB 09: The Show challenge does not disappoint: no major overhauls, but a whole bunch of trouble-spot tweaks and imaginative innovations that include—but are certainly not limited to—the following:
- Shiny new home stadiums—Yankee Stadium for the Yankees and Citi Field for the Mets—make the MLB 09: The Show battle that much more of a major league event
- More fully developed Franchise mode—adds to MLB 09: The Show the aspects of salary arbitration, September call-ups, 40-player rosters, playoff roster management, Amateur Draft with alternate picks, and minor league selections, among other enhancements
- Superior MLB 09 Road to the Show mode—includes a groundbreaking steal and lead-off system, enhancements to the Create Player option (allowing you to change the appearance of your player at any point), greater—or less—control over your player’s career (via the option to choose the club you’ll join or chance it by entering the draft), a more comprehensive player-stats system (more accurately weighting difficulty and performance), and a totally rad fast-forward feature (enabling you to determine the degree of fielding and base-running in which you participate)
- MLB 09 Hotshot Fielding & Multi-Branch Fielding—make fielding much more fun, as you can now take full control of your fielder or enjoy animations and reactions that are more realistic
- Pitch Command System & more accurate graphic representation—allow you to visually experience 17 unique pitch types as well as have your past frequency of throwing a certain pitch impact your skill in doing so in future MLB 09 challenges
- Sounds of the Show feature—supports MLB The Show 09 sound customizations, including the ability to choose your batter walkup music, your reliever entry music, and your homerun celebration song; you can also create customized chants, cheers, and taunts to really drive your MLB 09: The Show competitors crazy
The MLB 09: The Show Tournament on BringIt
Members of BringIt get to enjoy all the incredible enhancements and futuristic features that MLB 09: The Show has to offer. More importantly, BringIt membership is absolutely free, which means, if you’re good, you’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain when you compete in a head-to-head MLB 09 online competition or bracket-style MLB 09: The Show tournament. To further relieve risk, BringIt stores all monies safely in an escrow account until a winner has been reported and verified.
So whether you’re battling in an MLB 09: The Show challenge because of the upgraded graphics and gameplay, the unbelievable MLB Road to the Show and Franchise modes, or the fact that you can now taunt, tease, and terrorize your opponents in a whole new way is really irrelevant. Because at the end of the day, nothing really beats the ability to jeer, “Hey loser, your crappy shortstop skills just cost you 50 bucks.” Join BringIt now! Challenge, play, and earn money today off opponents around the world in online MLB 09: The Show competitions for cash.
