We're looking at EA's last baseball game on PlayStation. Slightly improved over last the last Triple Play, this year's version is one of the series' best. As with we've come accustomed to from the series, Triple Play Baseball gives gamers an ample amount of gameplay features, customizability, and roster management, while not really offering everything that the diehard fan really looks for in baseball game. Because of this, the gamer can't easily emulate trades that happen during the season, which often include uneven numbers of players.
Statistical tracking is another area where stuff is a bit on the slim side.
All the major team and player statistics are tracked and league leaders are kept, but all of the regular season stats are completely wiped out when you move from the regular season to playoffs. The season stats should be left alone and playoff stats should be tracked independently, and there's no reason at all to completely eliminate everything that the player has worked for over the course of a season. Sure, some people might not care about stats at all, but the chances are that if someone's going to play through an entire season, they're going to be the type of person that would like to have his stats kept. Players can be created with a variety of attributes from the normal stuff like height, weight and handedness to more advanced stuff like batting eye, batting power, reaction time and arm strength. Plus, there are more than 20 different batting stances that can be used, such as Ken Griffey's or Cal Rikpen's general styles, and there are 10 different pitching styles available including the styles used by players like Randy Johnson or Kevin Brown.