And World Series Baseball 2K1 raises the bar for baseball games in several ways. The Dreamcast's graphics abilities allow for finely detailed 3-D models of the players and stadiums as well as realistic weather and lighting effects. The game cribs some of baseball's most recognizable batting and pitching signatures, so you can expect to see Gary Sheffield's manically waving bat and Hideo Nomo's tornadolike delivery. As if that doesn't make the game real enough, these players even sustain realistic injuries. Also, you can use a TV-style hot-zone chart to track a batter's ability to connect in different corners of the strike zone--indispensable when choosing your next pitch from a palette of 32 variations on fastballs, breaking balls, and knuckleballs. And to make sure your opponent doesn't steal your signs, you can make your pitch selections through the separately sold Visual Memory Unit.