The idea of having fans watch the 16-by-24-foot video stadium monitor, along with the Kansas City T-Bones and Schaumburg Flyers players looking on from their respective dugouts, as two kids determine the outcome of the first two innings by using an X-Box and the MVP Baseball 2005 software is initially approved by the Northern League for tonight’s scheduled game. The individual player statistics generated by the video game would not have counted, but league officials later decided against the promotion, with the final two innings of the game being replayed on the game system instead.

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On July 16, 2005 — The idea of having fans watch the 16-by-24-foot video stadium monitor, along with the Kansas City T-Bones and Schaumburg Flyers players looking on from their respective dugouts, as two kids determine the outcome of the first two innings by using an X-Box and the MVP Baseball 2005 software is initially approved by the Northern League for tonight’s scheduled game. The individual player statistics generated by the video game would not have counted, but league officials later decided against the promotion, with the final two innings of the game being replayed on the game system instead.

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