I found this when it was first posted, but forgot to mention it. IGN had posted an interview with Mark Teixeira back on March 14th where he talks mostly about baseball videogames. It’s a different interview from the usual ones you read about winning, losing, baseball, etc. Here’s a few tidbits from it:
IGN Sports: Who is a better hitter, you or the guy in MLB 2K?
Mark Teixeira: It depends what difficulty I’m playing on. If I’m playing on Easy, then I’m pretty good, but if the pitchers are set to All-Star in the game, I think I do better in real life.
IGN Sports: So I know what kind of hitter you’re going to be in the videogame, but if I’m hitting against you on Xbox Live, what kind of pitcher are you going to be?
Mark Teixeira: I definitely mix it up. I know everyone looks fastball, so I’m going to throw a lot of off-speed pitches, some sliders, and I’m going to get you to swing at some bad pitches.
IGN Sports: Who is a better hitter, you or the guy in MLB 2K?
Mark Teixeira: It depends what difficulty I’m playing on. If I’m playing on Easy, then I’m pretty good, but if the pitchers are set to All-Star in the game, I think I do better in real life.
Go check out the full interview with Mark, it’s a pretty good read.