1943 World Series 1943 World Series The 1943 World Series matched the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Yankees, in a rematch of the 1942 Series. The Yankees won the Series in five games for their tenth championship in 21 seasons. It was Yankees manager Joe McCarthy's final Series win. This series was also the first to have an accompanying World Series highlight film (initially, the films were created as gifts to troops fighting in World War II, to give them a brief recap of baseball action back home), a tradition that still persists. This World Series was scheduled for
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