Yankee player forms baseball gaming league with fans
Like professional baseball players? Like video games as well (probably an emphatic "yes" since you're reading this)? Then the newly formed Professional Baseball Video Game League may be right up your alley. The Chicago Tribune has the scoop: "Yankees center fielder Johnny Damon has announced formation of the Professional Baseball Video Game League, in which some of baseball's best players will battle each other and their fans online. Damon will serve as commissioner for the league's inaugural season, which kicks off this week with the first competitions on the league's chosen game, Microsoft's Project Gotham Racing 3 for Xbox 360."Said Damon in a statement: "The league is bringing together two of my biggest passions -- baseball and video games -- in a way that neither baseball fans nor video gamers have seen before." Here, here! Other notable baseball players/gamers this season include Corey Patterson, Rodrigo Lopez, Derek Lowe, Julian Tavarez, and Matt Holliday (pictured) to name a few. True story (not kidding): I can personally vouch for Holliday's passion for video games as I used to school the man in both Tecmo Bowl and Street Fighter II way back in the day. Matt will tell you otherwise, however. But who are you going to believe: A professional baseball player or video game blogger?
[Thanks, Matthew]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jonah Falcon @ Dec 26th 2006 7:42PM
I want to be in the league! Whee-hoo!
Dark-Pen @ Dec 27th 2006 2:54AM
....this sounds too wierd to be true, let alone successful. Fantasy sports are one thing, but to organize an actual league for video game baseball...? I dunno.
DWells55 @ Dec 27th 2006 6:53AM
/queue happy Yankees fans and still bitter Red Sox fans
Seriously though, there have been promises like this made before, they're nothing new or special. It's just a matter of if there will be any follow-through and this will actually amount to anything.
Don Jose @ Dec 27th 2006 3:43PM
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