Acclaim Sports' 'All-Star Baseball 2004' Predicts 2003 World Series Champion.Entertainment Editors GLEN COVE Glen Cove, city (1990 pop. 24,149), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the north shore of Long Island, at the entrance to Hempstead Harbor; settled 1668, inc. as a city 1918. , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2003 #1 Selling Baseball Video Game Brand Simulates 2003 Season with Jim Thome James Howard "Jim" Thome (born August 27, 1970 in Peoria, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball player who currently plays for the Chicago White Sox. His last name is pronounced TOH-me. Leading the Philadelphia Phillies “Phillies” redirects here. For other uses, see Phillies (disambiguation). The Philadelphia Phillies are a professional baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. (R) to their First Crown Since 1980 Before each team has played their opening game of the 2003 Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. (R) season, the Philadelphia Phillies can begin planning their post-season celebration, as Acclaim Sports, a division of Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on .SC: AKLM AKLM Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (stock symbol) ), has used its #1 selling baseball video game brand, All-Star Baseball 2004 Featuring Derek Jeter, to simulate and predict this year's winner. "All-Star Baseball 2004 is the deepest and most realistic baseball video game in the market today, and features online downloadable rosters that allows consumers to incorporate the true-to-life movements of their favorite teams and players," said David Knies, Director of Acclaim Sports. "While the Phillies may be ready to put their champagne on ice, just as in real-life, we'll take another look during the All-Star break to see if any underdogs are making a run for the crown via key trades and rookie call-ups from the minor leagues." According to Acclaim's All-Star Baseball 2004, following are the projected leaders for the 2003 Major League Baseball Season The Major League Baseball season has been 162 games long for each team since 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League. The preceding 154-game schedule was adopted in 1904 and modified only in 1919. : American League(TM) Award Winners: -- MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. - Alfonso Soriano, NY Yankees, .305, 44 HR, 131 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in -- Cy Young - David Wells, NY Yankees, 20-3, 3.31 ERA -- Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
RBI -- Home Run Champion - Alex Rodriguez, TX Rangers, 52 -- Batting Average Leader - Miguel Tejada, Oakland A's, .320 -- RBI Leader - Alfonso Soriano, NY Yankees, 131 -- Strikeouts Leader - Pedro Martinez, Boston, 243 -- ERA Leader - Pedro Martinez, Boston, 2.33 -- Saves Leader - Mariano Rivera, NY Yankees, 41 National League(TM) Award Winners: -- MVP - Barry Bonds, SF Giants, .344, 46 HR, 116 RBI -- Cy Young - A.J. Burnett, FLA FLA Florida (old style) FLA Macromedia Flash (file extension) FLA Flash Files (file extension) FLA Fair Labor Association FLA Front Line Assembly Marlins, 20-5, 2.78 ERA -- Rookie of the Year - Ty Wigginton, NY Mets, .269, 19 HR, 60 RBI -- Home Run Champion - Jim Thome, Phillies, 47 -- Batting Average Leader - Barry Bonds, SF Giants, .344 -- RBI Leader - Chipper Jones, ATL (Active Template Library) A set of software routines from Microsoft that provide the basic framework for creating ActiveX and COM objects. Stemming from the standard template library (STL) that comes with C++ compilers, ATL includes an object wizard that sets up Braves, 118 -- Strikeouts Leader - Curt Schilling, AZ Diamondbacks, 259 -- ERA Leader - Odalis Perez, LA Dodgers, 2.47 -- Saves Leader - Eric Gagne, LA Dodgers, 55 Final Regular Season Standings: American League: East: Central: West: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Minnesota Oakland Boston Chicago Seattle Baltimore Kansas City Anaheim Toronto Cleveland Texas Tampa Bay Detroit National League: East: Central: West: Philadelphia Houston San Francisco Atlanta St. Louis Los Angeles Florida Chicago Arizona Montreal Pittsburgh Colorado New York Cincinnati San Diego Milwaukee 2003 Post-Season Results: -- American League Wildcard See wild cards and wildcard mask. - Boston -- American League Champion - Boston -- National League Wildcard - St. Louis -- National League Champion - Philadelphia -- World Series Champion - Philadelphia -- World Series(R) MVP - Jim Thome, Philadelphia Developed by Acclaim Studios Austin under license from Major League Baseball Properties and the Major League Baseball Players Association The Major League Baseball Players Association (or MLBPA) is the union of professional major-league baseball players. History Of MLBPA The MLBPA was not the first attempt to unionize baseball players. , All-Star Baseball 2004 combines the best of simulation and arcade-style game play to deliver the deepest and most realistic interactive baseball experience. All-Star Baseball is highly regarded in the video game industry as the premier baseball series, and according to The NPD Group was the #1 selling baseball brand of 2002 across the next-generation gaming platforms. All-Star Baseball 2004 offers more than 80 new features, including for the-first-time-ever, online downloadable rosters, the official Negro Leagues license and selectable Spanish play-by-play in-game announcing. All-Star Baseball 2004 is currently available for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft at suggested retail prices of $49.99. The game is also available for the Nintendo GameCube(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance at suggested retail prices of $39.99 and $29.99, respectively. For a complete list of features and to order All-Star Baseball 2004, please visit http://www.allstarbaseball04.com. About Acclaim Entertainment Based in Glen Cove, N.Y., Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and mass marketer of software for use with interactive entertainment game consoles including those manufactured by Nintendo, Sony Computer Entertainment and Microsoft Corporation as well as personal computer hardware systems. Acclaim owns and operates five studios located in the United States and the United Kingdom, which includes a motion capture and recording studio in the U.S., and publishes and distributes its software through its subsidiaries in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Spain. The Company uses regional distributors worldwide. Acclaim also distributes entertainment software for other publishers worldwide, publishes software gaming strategy guides and issues "special edition" comic magazines periodically. Acclaim's corporate headquarters are in Glen Cove, New York Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 26,622. Part of the early 20th century Gold Coast of the North Shore, Glen Cove has a diverse population. and Acclaim's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ.SC under the symbol AKLM. For more information please visit our website at www.acclaim.com. Major League Baseball and Hall of Fame trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. and the National Baseball Hall of Fame respectively. Visit the official website at MLB.com. Visit the Players Choice on the web at www.bigleaguers.com. Nintendo GameCube and the Nintendo GameCube logo are trademarks of Nintendo. "PlayStation" and the "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Xbox is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts, are "forward-looking statements." Acclaim cautions readers of this press release that a number of important factors could cause Acclaim's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward- looking statements. These important factors, including, without limitation, the financial strength of the interactive entertainment industry, dependence on new product introductions and the ability to maintain the scheduling of such introductions, technological changes, dependence on major platform manufacturers and other factors that could affect Acclaim, are described in Acclaim's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2002, and Acclaim's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , all of which were filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers of this press release are referred to such filings. |
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