It doesn't really stop there, either. Diamond Dynasty is back for those who like their card-collecting modes in sports games and offers new players and collectibles. Weekly challenges will keep things moving for the online crowd. The new batting-stance editor is almost silly in its amount of depth and ability to give players a customized stance, not to MLB The Show 18 Stubs mention it offers intrigue as to how other companies can use the idea to modify something unique like how a player shoots a basketball.

With all the saccharine schmaltz of a Ken Burns documentary, MLB: The Show 18 opens with a montage of children explaining their love for America’s pastime: baseball. Boys and girls of all nationalities meandering through an explanation of why they love the game so, done in that aimless kind of way only kids can do.