1951 World Series the last baseball game ever played by Joe DiMaggio. 1951 World Series (4–2): New York Yankees (A.L.) over New York Giants (N.L.) 1951 World Series The 1951 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the New York Giants, who had won the National League pennant in a thrilling three-game playoff with the Brooklyn Dodgers on the legendary home run by Bobby Thomson (the Shot Heard 'Round the World). In the Series, the Yankees showed some power of their own, including Gil McDougald's grand slam home run in Game 5, at the Polo Grounds. The Yankees won
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