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	* The Tomahawk Chop music will play occasionally as Atlanta batters come to the plate.		* The Tomahawk Chop music will play occasionally as Atlanta batters come to the plate.
	* The Sega Genesis version includes very compressed video cinematics that play on the scoreboard after big moments like home runs.		* The Sega Genesis version includes very compressed video cinematics that play on the scoreboard after big moments like home runs.
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	\| title = MLBPA Baseball		\| title = MLBPA Baseball
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	\| releasedate = North America: March 1994		\| releasedate = North America: March 1994
	\| platforms = Super Nintendo, Genesis, Game Gear		\| platforms = Super Nintendo, Genesis, Game Gear

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	== Description ==		== Description ==

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	~~'''Title:''' ''~~MLBPA Baseball~~'' (U.S.) ''Fighting Baseball'' (ファイティングベースボール) (Japan)~~		\| title = MLBPA Baseball
			\| image =
	~~'''System(s)~~:~~''' SNES/~~Super ~~Famicom~~, Genesis, Game Gear		\| releasedate = North America: March 1994
			\| platforms = Super Nintendo, Genesis, Game Gear
	~~'''Release Date:''' March 1994 (U.S.) August 11, 1995 (Japan)~~		\| developer = High Score Productions, Visual Concepts (SNES), Beam Software (Game Gear)
			\| publisher = EA Sports
	~~'''Developer:'''~~ High Score Productions, Visual Concepts (SNES), Beam Software (Game Gear)		\| price =
			\| teamnames = City names only
	~~'''Publisher:'''~~ EA Sports ~~(U.S.), Coconuts Japan (Japan)~~		\| playernames = Real MLB players
			}}
	'''''MLBPA Baseball''''' is a 16-bit baseball game released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, with a handheld version for the Sega Game Gear coming out in 1995. The Genesis version was developed by High Score Productions, the company responsible for most of the EA Sports catalog from 1993 to 1997, including the ''Madden NFL'' series. The SNES version was developed by High Score Productions alongside Visual Concepts, the studio that would later develop the various ''2K'' sports titles.		'''''MLBPA Baseball''''' is a 16-bit baseball game released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, with a handheld version for the Sega Game Gear coming out in 1995. The Genesis version was developed by High Score Productions, the company responsible for most of the EA Sports catalog from 1993 to 1997, including the ''Madden NFL'' series. The SNES version was developed by High Score Productions alongside Visual Concepts, the studio that would later develop the various ''2K'' sports titles.

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'''Title:''' ''MLBPA Baseball'' (U.S.) ''Fighting Baseball'' (ファイティングベースボール) (Japan)

'''System(s):''' SNES/Super Famicom, Genesis, Game Gear

'''Release Date:''' March 1994 (U.S.) August 11, 1995 (Japan)

'''Developer:''' High Score Productions, Visual Concepts (SNES), Beam Software (Game Gear)

'''Publisher:''' EA Sports (U.S.), Coconuts Japan (Japan)

'''''MLBPA Baseball''''' is a 16-bit baseball game released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, with a handheld version for the Sega Game Gear coming out in 1995. The Genesis version was developed by High Score Productions, the company responsible for most of the EA Sports catalog from 1993 to 1997, including the ''Madden NFL'' series. The SNES version was developed by High Score Productions alongside Visual Concepts, the studio that would later develop the various ''2K'' sports titles.

Coconuts Japan adapted the game for release in Japan a year later as ''[[Fighting Baseball]]'', releasing in August 1995. This version no longer held the license to use real MLB player names, so a fascinating and hilarious roster of fake names was used instead.

== Gameplay Video ==

=== Sega Genesis ===

=== Super Nintendo ===

== Description ==
The game’s U.S. title refers to the Major League Baseball Players Association, the players’ union in MLB. It might seem a little funny to name your video game after a union, but licensing is hugely important in sports games. And this title makes it clear to the educated buyer that ''MLBPA Baseball'' has the real MLB players in the game.

Compare this to another popular baseball game released the same year on SNES, ''Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball''. In ''Ken Griffey'', the only real player name on the rosters is Ken Griffey Jr., with every other player named after random celebrities or fictional characters with suspiciously similar stats and (usually) skin color to the real MLB players at their position on their team.

However, ''MLBPA Baseball'' does ''not'' have an MLB license. So, while you can hit with Frank Thomas, you’d be playing as “Chicago A,” (A as in American League) not the Chicago White Sox. ''Ken Griffey'' had the MLB license, so you’ll see the real MLB team names and logos in that game, but not in ''MLBPA Baseball''. It was rare for any baseball game to have both the MLB and MLBPA licenses until years after 1994.

== Roster ==
The U.S. versions of the game uses real rosters, so unfortunately no Bobson Dugnutt. This game’s rosters reflect the end of the 1993 season. For instance, Rickey Henderson plays for Toronto like he did in the second half of ’93, not Oakland like he did in the first half of ’93 or again in ’94.

== Little Details ==

* The game won’t recognize a hit where a runner was thrown out trying to stretch out a double, or similar situations. It will be scored as if it were a normal out.
* The Tomahawk Chop music will play occasionally as Atlanta batters come to the plate.
* The Sega Genesis version includes very compressed video cinematics that play on the scoreboard after big moments like home runs.