2001 World Series into a forceout. After Bautista singled, Matt Williams's three-run home run put Arizona up 4-0. They won the game with that score and led the series two games to none as it moved to New York City. The game was opened in New York by President George W. Bush, who threw the ceremonial first pitch, a strike to Yankees backup catcher Todd Greene. Bush became the first incumbent U.S. president to throw a World Series first pitch since Jimmy Carter in . He also threw the baseball from the mound where the pitcher would be set (unlike most ceremonial first
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