{"id":520,"date":"2010-06-24T15:22:46","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T20:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=520"},"modified":"2010-06-25T16:38:35","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T21:38:35","slug":"the-best-baseball-commercials-part-2-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/520","title":{"rendered":"The Best Baseball Commercials, Part 2: Video Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As I eluded to in Part I, the second installment of, \u201cThe Best Baseball Commercials,\u201d is dedicated to my favorite baseball, video game commercials. The first baseball game that I remember becoming totally obsessed with was \u2018Sports Talk Baseball\u2019 for Sega Genesis. I know that Rob possesses a similar endless love for this game, considering we spent most of the summer of 2008 barricaded inside, playing it non-stop while screaming at each other. Since \u2018Sports Talk\u2019 burst onto the scene in 1991, I think that it\u2019s fair to say that the quality of baseball games has improved, a lot. As games have become more complex and sophisticated, the marketing has followed suit by producing witty commercials starring some of baseball\u2019s most popular players. The genuine quirkiness of each player gives the lasting impression that they are having a blast, and proud to be a part of it. Each commercial is a constant reminder that major league baseball players are human.<\/p>\n

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MLB 2k10 Player Montage:
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Evan Longoria: \u201cI\u2019m raking right now, by the way\u201d \u2013 that line is worth the price of admission alone.<\/p>\n

MLB 2k10 Pitchers vs. Hitters\/Verlander vs. Morneau:
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Justin Verlander: \u201cI know Morneau better than Morneau knows Morneau, and Morneau knows it.\u201d<\/p>\n

MLB 09 The Show: Dustin Pedroia – The one you haven\u2019t seen
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MLB 2k09 Tim Lincecum \u201cEmail Skit:\u201d
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MLB 06 The Show Commercial:
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As I eluded to in Part I, the second installment of, \u201cThe Best Baseball Commercials,\u201d is dedicated to my favorite baseball, video game commercials. The first baseball game that I remember becoming totally obsessed with was \u2018Sports Talk Baseball\u2019 for Sega Genesis. I know that Rob possesses a similar endless love for this game, considering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,16,13,14],"tags":[553,103,173,490,179,491,552,196],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":528,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}