The grass is starting to green. The temps are beginning to rise as dandelion seeds long for a handy breeze. Ernest Lawrence Thayer's famous poem, Casey at the Bat, is making its annual trek into the collective subconscious. And video gamers are turning their thoughts from RPG battles and online quests to a favorite team of nine tossing about a well-stitched ball.
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XMNR: With the American and National League Championship games still to go, 2K Sports ran a simulation to determine who will capture the conference championships and go on to win the World Series. The result is a prediction that, after dispatching the home town Atlanta Braves, the San Francisco Giants do likewise with the Philadelphia Phillies before going on to meet and defeat the New York Yankees in the World Series.
Andrew Reiner: "Each year, I simulate the season in any baseball game that hits the market. Outside of telling me that the Yankees have a shot at winning the World Series, most simulations are way off the mark. But in a season that doesn't make sense, how close do the games come? Let's take a look to see how accurate Major League Baseball 2K10 and MLB 10: The Show are in their simulations."