It has new features, such as Inside Edge, World Baseball Classic, online experience and many more.

This game also features various aspects that are new to baseball games, including fans shouting, the "swing stick", showboat catches, fans catching balls, and power rankings.

Jon Miller and Joe Morgan provide in game commentary while Jeanne Zelasko and Steve Physioc are the studio hosts for the fictional program, Hard Ball Central.

In this way, any of the 16 participating teams of the first edition of the 2006 World Baseball Classic can be chosen.

However, Joe Young, a fictional left fielder, is believed to be a younger switch-hitter version of Bonds.