"Endy Chavez! . . . Endy Chavez!"

This is a bit off topic, but still about the Mets.

I been playing Major League Baseball 2K6 on XBox for some time now and most of the time, I either have the sound low or am watching TV while I play, so I didn't really focus on some of the audio in the game. But, you know what they have in there? If the title of the post is any clue, it is an Endy Chavez chant. For some time now, sports games have been adding player specific heckles and cheers and they are usually reserved for the big names. Logically, you have to have the heckle/cheer planned, recorded, coded, programmed and tested. That requires some time and effort, so it is not hard to see why only the big names get that treatment. Especially when you consider that crowd noise is most often the lowest volume setting of all the sound options.

You have to tip your hat to the guys at 2KSports for doing their homework and really going the extra mile. Pretty cool.

Also of note in the game is the heckle of Eric Byrnes. You can clearly hear a fan yelling "Hey Byrnes, Go back and touch the plate".

For those of you that don't know, Byrnes was in a collision in a big playoff game (2003 ALDS, Game 3) and never touched the plate. He was tagged out one his way to the dugout.

Pretty specific, no?