It’s hard to read the word “baseball” without thinking “Roger Clemens” and “steroids,” but baseball legend Cal Ripken is now lending his name to Cal Ripken’s Real Baseball (formerly Ultimate Baseball Online). How nice. Now for the real reason I’m posting about a free baseball MMO—jJust do me one favor and read this press release excerpt with steroids on the brain: We strive to make Real Baseball the most authentic baseball video game it can be, and adding Cal to our team not only strengthens our brand, but connects us with a baseball legend that will take our video game and community to the next level.

Heh. It’s almost too bad that Cal Ripken was squeaky clean, otherwise it would have been funny in a less adolescent (and more funny) way.