MVP Baseball 2005 is a baseball video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It features Boston Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramírez on its game cover. It is available for the PlayStation 2, the Xbox, GameCube, the PlayStation Portable and the PC. The main new feature in the 2005 game is the 'Hitter's Eye' system, which turns the baseball different colors in the pitcher's hand (remains white for fastball, turns red for breaking pitches like a curveball or slider, green for off-speed pitches such as changeups, orange for knuckleballs, etc.) and leaves a trail as the ball flies through the air toward the plate to aid in hitting, which game developers said had been too difficult in previous versions. The game boasts full Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, and Major League Baseball Players Association licenses. It was also widely regarded to have the best graphics and gameplay of any baseball video game on the market as of 2005. It is also the most well received MVP Baseball game, holding the 98th spot on IGN's reader's choice top 100 games ever as of 2006. As with previous versions of the game, the announcers are Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow, real life announcers for the San Francisco Giants. Contents