Players can play an exhibition game against the computer, or a 162-game season, choosing their favorite team.

Users can also create their own players and set their playing talent to one of five levels: rookie, veteran, all-star, legend and hall-of-famer.

The bonus play modes consist of a pick-up baseball bame, a Baseball Weekly trivia game, a trivia game, batting practice, and a home run contest.

The player chooses the field and the number of innings that the pick-up games will be held for.

Instead of him, the San Francisco Giants have a make-believe player named "Wes Mailman".

The game does feature play by play commentary by Arizona Diamondbacks television broadcaster Thom Brennaman and former major league player Steve Lyons, who sometimes offers long answers to Brennaman's questions during games.

All-Star Baseball 2005 features a variety of things that most previous versions (except 2004) did not include, such as classic players like Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra and others.