It is a baseball video game developed by Baseball Contents Production and published by 2K in North America and Konami in Japan for Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PlayStation 2 video game consoles, as well as the Nintendo DS handheld, and is part of the traditionally Japan-only Power Pros series of video games.

When the user plays as a pitcher, he or she will pitch only when the player is on the mound; fielding is computer-controlled.

Another option is to rest, where players gain vitality and (in some cases) lower fatigue.

The cover features 8 then-MLB stars: Chien-Ming Wang, Magglio Ordóñez, Jimmy Rollins, Prince Fielder, Derrek Lee, Francisco Rodríguez, Takashi Saito, and Josh Beckett.

[17][18][19] In Japan, Famitsu gave the PS2 and Wii versions a score of three eights and one seven for a total of 31 out of 40.