MLB The Show 26 is turning me into more of a baseball fan
There were two questions I was looking to answer as I fired up MLB The Show 26 .
First, how much does the game cater to a baseball newbie like me?
Second, will it keep me hooked enough to keep playing after my first few games?
I think it's important to share some personal context.
I have very limited experience with baseball.
I have been to one MLB game, which was on my first visit to Canada as a teen.
The lead-off Toronto Blue Jays hitter scored a home run on his first at-bat.
Fireworks went off and everyone was going wild.
Fun!
But that was the only score of the whole game.
My dad and I (both lifelong soccer fans, for what it’s worth) were bored lifeless for the rest of the three hours.
An incredible run of a dog playing a baseball game at Games Done Quick aside, I had no real interest in the sport for the next couple of decades until the Blue Jays made a deep run into the 2025 playoffs.
This time, now as a Canadian citizen, I bought into the excitement and watched all of the World Series last year.
I was enthralled.
I slowly started to appreciate the nuances of pitching, the skill of trying to make every pitch look identical at the time the ball is thrown to hopefully hoodwink the batter.
