My bud recently got the Show 2008 for PS2 and I've played about a half dozen games in the past two days. I played as the Sox, of course, and I have some thoughts...

1. The ball doesn't fly off Swisher's bat as much as I expected. I am not absolutely terrible at the game, but I got one hit with Swisher, and it was a blooping single. I went like 1-10 with him. I think his power is underrated in the game.
2. Dye is absolutely atrocious in RF. I actually subbed him out and replaced him with Jerry Owens. I immediately noticed an improvement when Francouer hit a slicer down the line and Jerry got to it no problem. I had someone (I forget who) score an in-the-park home run on a shot down the RF line. The guy was half-way to third by the time Dye got to the ball.
3. Small sample size, sure... but Juan Uribe is a God in the Show. I went 3-4 with a double shy of the cycle. Yes, you read that right... Juanny hit a triple. A legit triple. Another game Juanny went 2-4. I turned on a high fastball and sent it to the seats in dead center of Turner Field.
4. Quentin has some pop. For some reason the Show made him a retard on the basepaths though. The game is kinda annoying with its pickoff sequence... especially when the catcher throws to firstbase in an attempted pickoff. Quentin trotted casually back to 1B and got CS. I was like "WTF?! Get back!"
5. Fields got some serious pop. I caught a fastball down the middle and sent it flying. The homerun sequences are pretty cool, as you get to see an individual player's own Homerun strut. Fields just kinda stared at his as he walked down the line. Nothing special.
6. AJ cannot catch a curveball in the dirt or throw anyone out at 2nd base to save his life. I seriously had 4 passed balls on swung-on-and missed curveballs that were low. This always seemed to happen when someone speedy was at 3rd base. Runs insued.
7. Swisher is not awful in CF. He's a little slower, but he has a cannon of an arm that makes up for it.
8. Bobby Jenks' curveball is impossible to hit. It's so filthy it's not fair. Throw in some high heat at 96 MPH, and a decent slider, and you've got a lethal pitcher. Every now and then someone will catch up to the slider and knock it to the wall, so I don't mess with it. I stick with the filth.
9. Javy is pretty darned filthy, but he is far from unhittable. I had a typical Javy outing, striking out everyone I didn't allow hits to. Buehrle, I thought, is a little easier to succeed with because of his junk.
10. Wasserman is filthy too. His sidearm delivery is incredibly hard to follow and his stuff has some really awesome movement. Aside from Linebrink and Bobby, I think Wasserman has the best stuff in the bullpen. Logan ain't bad either. I didn't touch Dewon Day, and MacDougal and Thornton had less than spectacular stuff. MacDougal's slider is kinda filthy though if thrown outside the zone. Bottom line... I am really impressed with Wasserman in the game.
11. a) Some general thoughts on the game... I think it's glitchy in some parts. It freezes sometimes after you go to the menus, like say to the bullpen.

c) The guess pitch feature is kinda useful. If you're facing someone of limited pitches, like say a curve, and two fastballs, you can guess the curve. If the screen doesn't flash, you know you're getting a fastball. If it does flash, you know you're getting the curve. Pretty neat feature.

d) The pickoff ordeal is kinda tricky and favors the defense. Baserunners don't always get back as fast as they should and pickoffs ensue more than they do in real-life.

e) Don't pitch fastballs to power hitters. Ever. Like with Texiera. Ever. I sent him a high Bobby Jenks fastball, out of the zone, like at his face, and he hit a walk-off homer.

f) You can't argue calls, or get your manager tossed. When you visit the mound, you can't calm your pitcher down, or stall the game, etc. That sucks. The EA game was a bit superior in this regard. I kinda wish they still made the EA games.

Overall, the game is deserving of the 8.0 or so that IGN gave it. It is glitchy, and there are some issues, but I hear it's much better than 2K8. That's just from what I've read, as I haven't played 2K8. Maybe I will soon.