Nate from 30-30.club

@30-30.club

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I run https://30-30.club, a website and YouTube channel about baseball video games.

Screenshot from MLB app. Position player Carlos Cortes is in to pitch for the Athletics against Murakami. The app doesn’t know what position to list him as, so it says “undefined.”
A likeness comparison in Electronic Gaming Monthly U.S. 128, comparing the real Sammy Sosa to how he looks in Triple Play 2001. It's a little archaic looking nowadays.
Cal Raleigh and Shohei Ohtani at Marlins park in the World Baseball Classic mode of Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2026
The player model for Team Japan catcher Kenya Wakatsuki in MLB The Show 26. He looks unrecognizable next to an in-game photo of the real him.
A tweet by the official Pawapuro account: "Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027 is set to launch in summer 2026! Success mode is turning 30 this year! A parallel all-stars chapter where legendary Power Pro characters unite, plus a special Success mode where you aim for the world championship with Shohei Ohtani!
Key art for MLB The Show 26, with Aaron Judge as the cover athlete
WBSC eBaseball Power Pros key art, with a Thank You message on the bottom.
Excerpt of the cover for the Pawapuro 8 Perfect Guide.
Nocchi from Perfume with Hiroshima Carp gear
A screenshot showing my channel 30-30 Club having 3,030 subscribers on YouTube.
A scan comparing the graphics of the PSP and PS Vita versions of Amagami. Vita is a little less blurry, I guess.
The front of a Super Famicom box with the title Human Baseball.
A screenshot from a Super Famista game for Super Famicom.
A graph showing my activity on FanGraphs throughout the year. February 14th (Valentine's Day) was the day I used the site the most.
A mug of a baseball catcher with glasses drawn in the style of the comic Peanuts. Woodstock is replaced with a swallow for the Yakult Swallows team.
A magazine ad for Yakyuudou 3, a baseball management game for Windows 95. A 3D baseball hitter model stands on the left, surrounded by screenshots of spreadsheet-y looking gameplay.
Another clip of Japanese soccer video game Prime Goal EX, with a narrator talking over the main menu.
The main menu narration from J-League Prime Goal EX, a Japanese soccer game for the PlayStation.
Three cards signed by Paul Skenes in both English and with Japanese katakana characters. He spells his name with the katakana スケネス instead of the correct スキーンズ.
Box art for Pro Yakyuu Virtual Stadium, a Japan-only baseball game by EA Sports.
Screenshot from MLB Slugfest with commentary subtitle saying "He's listening to us now in the hospital."
A snippet from Mega Drive Fan Vol 18 describing the Pro Yakyuu VAN service, which displayed baseball game results in real-time on your Mega Drive using a modem.
Key art for Pawapuro KBO ‘09
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said Ohtani doesn’t really have any peers in the sporting world. He agreed that the three-homer, 10-strikeout game would be like an NFL quarterback throwing four touchdowns in a game and then also playing safety and grabbing two interceptions on defense in the playoffs. “I’m a huge Ohtani fan,” Prescott said. “One is just, you can’t even do that on the video game. That’s what I always go to because I play ‘MLB The Show.’ I’m like, I’m trying to create a pitcher who can do both and I’m like, I don’t understand why they won’t let me do it when Shohei’s doing it. “You go 10 strikeouts in six innings and 3 for 3 with three home runs and a walk? Bro, it’s amazing.”
A screenshot from MLB The Show 25
Pablo Sanchez from the Backyard Sports reboot
A Super Famicom cartridge for Fighting Baseball.
An Out of the Park Baseball 26 player page for Franmil Reyes of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Yakult Swallows third baseman Munetaka Murakami holding a Pawapuro-kun plush to promote a food item at Meiji Jingu Stadium.
A screenshot from an unreleased prototype of Earl Weaver Baseball for the Sega Genesis.
Art from a fictional retro game of a final boss baseball man character
Some guys I remember from the Atlanta Braves and Yakult Swallows: Peter Moylan, Nate McLouth, Omar Infante, Joey Terdoslavich, Tyler Pastornicky, Jose Constanza, Nori Aoki, Wladimir Balentien, Tony Barnette
Show writer Kohei Tsuji in a Hanshin Tigers shirt, next to a Hanshin Tigers Pawapuro-kun figure.
Key art for the 2025 update of Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2024-2025
Title art from indie game Beisbol, a Pokemon-inspired baseball RPG for Game Boy. Not actually related to the main story on this article, but it's a fun visual and a cool indie project.
A plush toy of Famista-kun, the baseball player mascot for Namco's Family Stadium series. He is a generic baseball player with an N on his hat and a Pac-Man logo on his sleeve.
Promotional picture from MLB The Show 23 for the Future Stars Series of Diamond Dynasty cards. Kyle Tucker and Michael Kopech are the featured players here.
Screencap from a Japanese show called Joshi to Dragon (Girls and Dragon). A man in a dragon costume and a woman are playing the mobile baseball game Pro Yakyuu Rising.
A two-page magazine ad for VR Baseball '97. Greg Maddux stands on the mound with a gamer crouching behind him.
Winnie the Pooh's Home Run Derby at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
Key art from baseball game Powerful Pro Yakyuu and the virally popular horse racing anime game Umamusume Pretty Derby
Luke Lopez, a new character in the Backyard Baseball rerelease to replace Ken Griffey Jr.
Screenshot from the Backyard Baseball '01 rerelease. Hugo Hernandez is a new kid with generic art and the same stats as Barry Bonds.
The logos splash screen from the rerelease. The A's logo no longer specifies Oakland. And the Cleveland Guardians logo is used in place of the old Indians logo.
Screenshot from the rerelease intro, showing a Major League Baseball Players Alumniassociation logo.
Logo for Backyard Baseball '01 featuring fictional player Stephanie Morgan and real licensed player Cal Ripken Jr.
Kyle Muller in Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2024-2025, except his name is replaced with question marks.
A highly radical Fred Meyer-Nintendo Ken Griffey Jr. T-shirt with a very '90s design and the text "Play It Loud" written diagonally.
Photo of a promotional GameCube box for unreleased game Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball. The front cover art with David Ortiz is mirrored on the front and back of the box. The box appears to be signed in silver ink by David Ortiz on the front.
My dog, named Potato
A plushie of Backyard Sports main character Pablo Sanchez, a small boy with a backwards cap and a baseball.
Two copies of Pete Rose Baseball for the Atari. The left box is for Atari 2600 and includes the name and photo of Pete Rose. The box on the right is for the Atari 7800 and uses an illustration of three generic baseball players and removes Pete Rose's name.
A green pair of boxer briefs with the Family Stadium / Famista / R.B.I. Baseball logo on them.
Three pictures of Adley Rutschman: On the left, him pre-patch in MLB The Show 25 In the middle, a real photo of him from the 2025 season On the right, him after the latest patch
Snippet from the Super Famista instruction manual, explaining the controls to bunt. A baseball player in a Namco Stars uniform lays down a successful bunt with a determined look on his face.
A cartoonified Paul Skenes of LSU throws a pitch on the start screen for NCAA Power Pros 2023