VIDEO: Bregman graces cover of ‘RBI Baseball 19’

Published 8:21 pm Saturday, January 26, 2019

Houston Astros infielder Alex Bregman graces the cover of the Major League Baseball and players’ association-licensed video game “RBI Baseball 19”.

A 30-second video introducing Bregman as the cover guy was released during Saturday’s Astros FanFest at Minute Maid Park. He is the first Astros player to appear on the cover of a video game in 17 years, according to a news release.

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The video game will be released in March on PlayStation 4, Nintendo XBox One, iPhone, iPad and supported Android smartphones. Pre-orders can be made at GameStop, with the first 1o,000 customers receiving a free “RBI Baseball 19” Copper Baseball Treasure Coin with Bregman featured.

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I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

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