MLB® ’06 deals and pitches with an all-new Rivalry Mode that allows you to set up and maintain rivalries between multiple gamers, an enhanced and refined Franchise Mode with more intuitive functionality, an all-new Career Spotlight that underscores all your Career Mode accomplishments, an innovative new mini-game in King of the Diamond where pitcher and batter square off in classic playground duels, all-new Game Time Decisions bring more depth to Franchise and Season Modes, and a new 3-man booth that introduces Rex Hudler to Matt Vasgersian and Dave Campbell for unparalleled comprehensive and progressive commentary. MLB ’06 rounds the bases and heads for home in March 2006.

• All-New Game Time Decisions bring more depth to Franchise and Season Modes. Only MLB '06 provides the ability to take full control of your team when you're forced to make the tough decisions. An injured player on the roster or a pitcher who needs more rest - the decision to play them is yours. If you ever though you could be a big league manager, this is the year to test your skills.
• All-New Progressive Broadcast adapts and utilizes game-specific presentations tailored to your career spotlight player as the season progresses.
• Enhanced Career Mode incorporates an all-new Career Spotlight underscoring all of the accomplishments and failures during your career and showcases them in the limelight. You still call the shots but now the ramifications of your actions are documented. It's up to you to determine whether your reel consists of highlights or miscues.
• Enhanced Franchise Mode give the critics more to rave about extending the functionality where performance and player morale are tracked on virtually every level - salary, playing time, batting slot, team performance, you name it - you control it.
• SportsConnect Headline News lets you stay on top of all the news around the league. Receive all the current happenings in sports today. Information will be updated a few times each hour with news, trades and events from 31 different feeds, each containing 25 unique items. You can also select General MLB headlines for updates from all 30 teams in the league so no important news is missed while online with MLB '06.