High Heat Baseball 1999

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ThePC version received "favorable" reviews, while the PlayStation version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[1][2] In Computer Gaming World, Dave Salvator wrote, "HH2K has so much going for it that if you're a hard-core baseball fan looking to get in the action, the game says hello like the business end of a Louisville Slugger."[6]

Daily Radar's Andrew S. Bub described the PC version as a commercial disappointment.[19] It sold 46,238 copies in the U.S. by the end of 1999, according to PC Data.[20] Bub wrote, "Shame on you for letting EA Sports' all-flash-no-substance Triple Play 2000 outsell this gem."[19]

The PC version won Computer Gaming World's 1999 "Sports Game of the Year" award,[21] and was a runner-up in the magazine's overall "Game of the Year" category.[22] The staff declared it "simply one of the best games of the year. Period."[21] PC Gamer US likewise named it the best sports game of 1999, and wrote that it "marked the series' transformation into one of the most complete sports sims on the market."[23] Computer Games Strategy Plus declared it the "Sports Game of the Year", and its staff described it as "the most playable, most enjoyable, and flat out best arcade baseball game that you can buy".[24] PC Accelerator and GameSpot also named it the sports game of the year.[25] It was also a finalist for the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' "Computer Sports Game of the Year" award, which was ultimately given to FIFA 2000.[26]

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Greg Amsinger is a studio host appearing across MLB Network's programming, including MLB Tonight, MLB Network's Emmy Award-winning flagship studio show. Amsinger also hosts MLB Network's Spring Training Series 30 Clubs in 30 Days, its exclusive telecast of the MLB Draft as well as its special event coverage of the All-Star Game and World Series.

Prior to joining MLB Network in 2009, Amsinger worked at CBS Sports Network, where he served as the primary host for their college sports coverage, including Inside College Football and NCAA Basketball. Amsinger also hosted the Tour de France and the World Series of Video Games while at CBS. Amsinger joined CBS' College Sports Television (CSTV) in 2003 as its first on-air host and maintained an interactive blog on the CSTV/CBS College Sports website.

Prior to joining CSTV, Amsinger was the sports director at WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Ind. Before graduating from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo., Amsinger served as network radio producer for the St. Louis Cardinals and the team's flagship radio station, KMOX-AM.

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After being traded to Detroit on the 2006 Trade Deadline day, Casey quickly became an integral part of Detroit's lineup and helped spur the club to its first American League pennant in 22 years. Casey was the Tigers' most productive hitter in the Postseason, going 16-for-37 overall - good for a .432 average - and shined in the World Series, his first, going 9-for-17 (.529) with a pair of home runs and five RBI.

Known as "The Mayor," Casey, one of baseball's most outgoing and likeable players, was voted "Friendliest Player in Baseball" by his fellow players in a May 2007 Sports Illustrated poll. Casey has received many honors for his service to the community, including the Hutch Award in 1999 and the Joe Nuxhall "Good Guy" Award in both 1999 and 2004. His charity, Casey's Clubhouse, founded the Miracle League of the South Hills in Pennsylvania to provide children with a place to play baseball no matter their physical challenges.

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In 2011, Costas co-hosted with Tom Verducci MLB Network's landmark series MLB's 20 Greatest Games, which ranked the top-20 games of the previous 50 seasons. The series featured interviews with key players, managers and broadcasters from each game, including Jack Morris and John Smoltz discussing Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, the No. 2-ranked game, and Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, 1975 MVP and Rookie of the Year Fred Lynn, Pete Rose, Bernie Carbo, Dwight Evans, Pat Darcy and Denny Doyle talking about Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, which was ranked by MLB Network as the No. 1 greatest game of the previous 50 seasons.

Costas also contributes to MLB Network's breaking news coverage throughout the year. In January 2010, Costas conducted the exclusive first television interview with Mark McGwire following his admission of steroid use during his playing career. Costas also secured the first interview with Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts after she broke the news in February 2009 of Alex Rodriguez's use of performance enhancing drugs.

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Costas has been honored as Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association (NSSA) a record eight times and was the youngest to receive such an honor when he won the award in 1985. Costas was inducted into the NSSA Hall of Fame in June 2012 and he received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University in October 2012. He also received the 2019 Sam Lacy-Wendell Smith Award from the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism. In March 2000, Costas was named Favorite Sportscaster at the TV Guide Awards.

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