"Published by Midway Sports in 2002 for PS2, Xbox, and GameCube, MLB Slugfest 2003 was an arcade-y baseball game heavily inspired by Midway's popular NFL Blitz series. Like Blitz, Slugfest 2003 added a lot of chaos, violence, and humor into the classic sport in a way that I can't imagine Major League Baseball would be okay with in 2025. But even back in the early 2000s, the MLB wasn't on board for all of Midway's naughty jokes and dark commentary bits."
"On November 3, the VGHF posted a video on social media sharing some of the group's favorite cut commentary jokes from MLB Slugfest 2003. The VGHF, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sharing video game history, says these cut lines, as well as some documents related to MLB Slugfest' s unused jokes, were discovered in the group's archives on a CD."
"Baseball's the greatest sport in the world, but one thing I liked growing up was taking a pop bottle and breaking it with a rock."
"Jimmy: Tim, have you ever wondered if this booth could just collapse and kill the both of us? Tim: Jimmy, it's all I think about."
MLB Slugfest 2003 released in 2002 for PS2, Xbox, and GameCube and adopted an arcade-style, chaotic approach inspired by NFL Blitz. The game included violent, exaggerated gameplay and two color commentators, Tim and Jimmy, who traded bizarre, crude, and dark jokes between plays. Major League Baseball reviewed the commentary and flagged multiple lines as inappropriate, prompting Midway to cut several jokes. The Video Game History Foundation recovered a CD containing cut commentary lines and a document listing jokes labeled "disapproved." Some excised lines range from mildly irreverent to overtly dark or dangerous.
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