Q 01/05

Which free agent wore a plain white hoodie on the first MLB The Show 19 cover while still without a team?

A) Bryce Harper

B) Manny Machado

C) Mookie Betts

D) Nolan Arenado

Answer · why

A) Bryce Harper

Bryce Harper was unsigned when the cover was revealed in November 2018. The final artwork arrived only after he joined the Philadelphia Phillies the f...

Q 02/05

Which Los Angeles Angels star was drawn in manga style by Takashi Okazaki for special editions of MLB The Show 22?

A) Mike Trout

B) Albert Pujols

C) Shohei Ohtani

D) Anthony Rendon

Answer · why

C) Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani had just been named the 2021 American League MVP. Okazaki, the creator of Afro Samurai, drew him for the MVP and Digital Deluxe editions...

Q 03/05

Which Seattle Mariners legend, known for wearing his cap backwards, was the cover athlete of MLB The Show 17?

A) Félix Hernández

B) Edgar Martínez

C) Randy Johnson

D) Ken Griffey Jr.

Answer · why

D) Ken Griffey Jr.

Ken Griffey Jr. had entered the Hall of Fame a year earlier. The game's Hall of Fame Edition came with a New Era hat whose logo figure wears a backwar...

Q 04/05

Which New York Yankees slugger became a two-time cover athlete by fronting MLB The Show 18 and MLB The Show 26?

A) Giancarlo Stanton

B) Aaron Judge

C) Juan Soto

D) Gary Sánchez

Answer · why

B) Aaron Judge

Aaron Judge earned his first cover after hitting 52 home runs as a rookie in 2017. By the time he returned eight years later, he had been named the Ya...

Q 05/05

MLB The Show 21 ended the series' long PlayStation exclusivity by also launching on which rival console?

A) Nintendo Switch

B) Google Stadia

C) Xbox One

D) Wii U

Answer · why

C) Xbox One

Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S owners even got the game through Game Pass at launch. That call was made by Major League Baseball's media arm, not by Son...