1998 World Series in the regular season. It was also the only World Series championship during the Yankees' 1990s dynasty not to be won against either the Mets or the Atlanta Braves. The loss made the Padres the first expansion team to lose two World Series, having lost in to the Detroit Tigers. In addition, the Padres became the first expansion team to lose a World Series at home. As of 2012 the Padres are one of only two teams in Major League Baseball to win at least two league championships and never win the World Series (the other team being the Texas
MVP Baseball series and spring training minigames. Reviewers continued to rate "MVP" highly, with Metacritic scores of 86 and 87 for the Xbox and PS2 versions, respectively, though "MVP 2005"′s marks were slightly lower than those of its predecessor. Even so, the game still edged out 2k Sports' "Major League Baseball 2K5" among critics. Reigning World Series MVP Manny Ramirez was featured on the cover of the 2005 installment of the series. In 2005, MVP Baseball released for PlayStation Portable. In 2005, in response to EA Sports' exclusive license with the National Football League and ESPN, Take-Two Interactive signed an exclusive third-party licensing