Is it live or is it Memorex? The Tokyo Dome in 2026.

MLB The Show 26 WBC edition. Either way, six stars.

Video Game Month continues with content creator and Sony San Diego developer Ashley Sanders (@Ashley22Sanders) to all things baseball.

We start off with Ashley telling us how she went from being a streamer to working at SDS on the MLB The Show game. Ashley lets us know what a typical week of work is like for her, between working on the game and doing the studio’s weekly live streams. There’s talk about all the new features in this year’s game, favorite modes to play in the game and the addition this year of the World Baseball Classic, which actually put two famous ballparks also known for hosting wrestling matches, in the game.

From there, there’s chat about this year’s baseball season, including the rejuvenation of Ashley’s Chicago White Sox, headlined by the arrival of Munetaka Murakami and continued maturation of young stars like Colson Montgomery. When we recorded, the White Sox were 22-22 and in the middle of the weekend series with their crosstown rival Cubs. Ashley also tells us about where she has seen the White Sox on the road so far this season.

This segues nicely into a chat about ballpark food, both the normal stuff like hot dogs and the more esoteric foods we see these days at ballparks.

We wrap up with some talk about San Diego Comicon and Ashley’s first trip to the convention last year. As someone who first went 30 years ago now, I get to share some stories of the old days when there were “only” 50,000 attendees and lament how Petco Park being built next to the convention center meant an end to see the Padres during Con Week.

Ashley has an amazingly busy schedule, so we thank her for finding time to chat. You can see her stream most weeks on the SDS live stream Friday afternoons and her own Twitch stream most Saturdays.