Barry Bonds does not appear in this gane due to Bonds withdrawing his MLBPA's licensing agreement he replaced by the "fictional" Jon Dowd Kevin Millar appears in the game but his real name is not used using the "fictional" name Anthony Friese instead.
First MLB video game to use the newly debuted Washington Nationals as well as their temporary home at the time RFK Stadium previous titles had their canadian counterparts Montreal Expos.