"Their real-world tangents are nothing compared to some recently uncovered voice lines for MLB Slugfest 2003. "Enjoying some smoked whale meat up in the booth today," one of the fictional casters says mid-game. "I don't really care for it, but I can't stop eating it." Other lines talk about players getting drunk, the commentators walking into traffic, audio engineers getting electrocuted, and even families being murdered. It's some truly unhinged stuff."
""Still need more baseball?" a post from their Bluesky account read. "We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 2003 rejected by the MLB. Here are some of our favorites." It's obvious that the MLB would never want to be associated with such inappropriate conduct, even in the form of a video game. "A lot of families at the ballpark," said another caster. "You know Tim, that's good because my family was murdered.""
An archived CD contained dozens of unused announcer voice lines for MLB Slugfest 2003 that were rejected by Major League Baseball. The lines feature grotesque, offensive, and macabre humor, including references to eating smoked whale meat, players getting drunk, commentators walking into traffic, audio engineers being electrocuted, and families being murdered. The lines were identified by the Video Game History Foundation and shared via a Bluesky post highlighting the discovery. MLB rejected the content and the material never reached players. The discovery highlights how development trials can produce material deemed inappropriate for public release.
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