
Tik-Tok streamer Jay Lucarelli tried for nearly 2000 attempts over the course of a week to throw a perfect game with now-retired Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt in MVP Baseball 2005, the classic pro baseball sim – and last one ever made by EA.
“On attempt number 1,993, Lucraelli finally did it. The final out came on a line-drive comebacker to Oswalt, retiring then-Red Sox catcher Doug Mirabelli after he threw a down-and-in slider that Mirabelli hit hard but hit it right at the central figure in Lucarelli's weeklong quest.”
"That's it. That's it! That's the no-hitter! " the streamer exclaimed after finally achieving his goal. It didn't come easy in the 9th, with Lucarelli falling behind the leadoff batter 3-0 before getting him on a lineout to third before that laced liner by the pinch-hitting Mirabelli to end it.
The sports gaming feat garnered attention from all around the sports world, from MLB itself to even the real-life Roy Oswalt, who told MLB. com, "I only wish I could have pitched 2,000 games in MLB. Good luck! " With all due respect to the excellent-but-currently-slumping MLB The Show, MVP Baseball 2005 is still regarded by many baseball fans as the best MLB sim ever made even to this day (IGN gave it a 9.
2 out of 10 at the time), which is why there is a dedicated PC community dedicated to updating it 20 years after its release. Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked , and a co-host of Next-Gen Console Watch .
He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll. " Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan .
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