MLB 2K12’s Cover Is Everything The Game Should Be (But Likely Won’t)

On an unseasonably warm mid-October night in Detroit, Tigers ace Justin Verlander took the mound at Comerica Park for Game 5 of the 2011 ALCS against the Texas Rangers. The previous night, Detroit had suffered a demoralizing loss when Texas’ bats put home four runs in the 11th inning to take a 3-1 lead in the series. And even for a city that had forged a tough-as-nails reputation out of a crippling economic collapse, the tinge of apprehension coursing through each of the 41,908 fans in attendance would have needed bolts to keep down.