Ah, but I love this game. I’ve taken the difficulty down to Rookie from Pro and decided to play against the Pirates, rather than the Giants. (The Pirates aren’t quite as good as the Giants, to put it nicely.) I won 7-1, which was nice. Six of those runs came in the 6th inning, from three home runs. In fact, all my runs came from homers, now I think about it. Ah well, I’m not complaining. I earned enough Tokens to unlock a classic team. The 1946 Red Sox, I think.

I’ve not got the hang of baserunning yet – last time I tried it I wanted to send a man to second, but he carried on and tried to run for third and I’m not sure why. And fielding really seems to be clumsy compared to the rest of the game. Not sure if I’m just rubbish at it and maybe missing something, or if it really isn’t as good as the rest of the game. Sometimes my fielders just don’t seem to want to pick up the ball.

But, still, I love the game. The presentation is just wonderful and really helps me get my fix on those evenings when NASN is just showing stinky old ice hockey.

And once this season is over – eep! – I’m sure I’ll treasure it even more.

Sony may have made mistakes lately – many, many mistakes – but making the PS3 region-free was not one of them.