Jose Lima gave up three moonshots to Vladimir Guerrero, José Guillén, and Darrin Erstad and got out pitched by Robin Ventura in this battle of Southern California.
New York’s hottest club is Mariners vs. Rangers from the 4th of July, 1996. This place has everything: Rusty Greer, Luis Sojo, Paul Sorrento’s game winning grand slam. Plus Johnny Oates is protesting the whole thing for no reason.
Kevin Millar was also replaced by a fake player in MVP Baseball 2005. Unlike Barry Bonds, this was due to the fact that he crossed the picket line during Spring Training of the MLB work stoppage in 1995. Is there anything better than a dusk game at Fenway on MVP 05 @LeBatardShow?
Larry Walker made a perfect-game-saving play to end the 7th. In the 8th Pedro hit Reggie Sanders with a 0-2 pitch, spoiling the perfect game and angering Sanders. Brian Dorsett would eventually ruin the no-hit bid in the 9th, but the ‘Spos would still get the win in extras.