The Yankees Are Extremely Rich and Annoying, Even In Video Game Form

I have to give it up to the makers of MLB 08 (The Show), they have made the most accurate baseball game that I've ever played, in my opinion.*  And it's got nothing to do with the graphics or the gameplay experience.  It's actually something a lot more subtle.

But first, I play video games in spurts.  Now that I am old and married, I don't spend as many hours of my day plopped in front of the PS2 as my young self used to.  However, I still get a chance here and there.  So at the moment, I am playing in 'franchise mode' with the Oakland Athletics.  You may call me the Billy Beane of MLB 08, The Show if you would like.  I go by that, or you can simply call me, as my players do, 'Maestro.'

Now one of the main characteristics of my sports 'persona', if you will, is that I enjoy watching and seeing the Yankees lose, no matter what realm we're talking about.  Real games, fake games, video games...it's all the same to me.  So I'm playing the Yankees this morning.  It's Joe Blanton (yes, he is still on my team, not on the Phillies) facing off against, the newly acquired Freddie Garcia.  In the last fake, virtual offseason, Freddie Garcia (?) was the best free agent pitcher available, just so you know.  Weird, I know. 

This is where the makers of this game have hit the nail on the head, especially with the New York Yankees.  They have somehow simulated how the Yankees front office runs their baseball team.  Just like the real team.  The virtual New York Yankees throw tons of money at players and take the best from all the other poor virtual teams!  

They are trying to buy their titles, even on a video game!  Here are their big money acquisitions: Freddie Garcia (mentioned earlier), Chipper Jones, and Slammin' Sammy Sosa (huh??).  I have no clue how, but Sosa is somehow still playing baseball in the MLB 08 world.  And he's supposedly 'good' too, which makes it even worse.  

I haven't confirmed this yet, but reports are that they may even have Hank Steinbrenner's doughy a$$ sitting in one of the luxury boxes, running his mouth off to the press, just like he does in real life.  It wouldn't really surprise me at all, after seeing Chipper Jones batting third for the Yanks.