MLB 06: The Show is brought to you by the same team that brought you MLB 2006 a year ago. That game, you will recall, was a lively and exciting mix of old-fashioned ballpark charm and slick 21st-century production values, and it drew the praise of dabblers and hardcore fans alike. MLB 2006 was fun and balanced and quick to pick up, but it rewarded the time you gave it. If you kept playing week after week, it held up its end too, offering new surprises and new subtleties the whole season long. It also qualified as real baseball, which is to say that it was a good thing to do while you had a long meandering conversation with your pals about something else. MLB 2006 was great.