MLB: The Show?

I was wondering if I should pick up MLB: The Show 2011 or not, Best Buy has it on sale next week for only $9.99 and it lists regularly for $39.99. I've never really owned any baseball games and I've heard this franchise is the best currently. I'm certainly not looking to shell out the 60 bucks for The Show 2012, so with that in mind, would this be a good purchase for me? Keep in mind also I just started getting heavy into baseball this season and I'm itching to own a good baseball game. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

You can fix rosters to get basically current. I'm sure you could find a used copy of 12 for cheap though. It really is the best baseball game out there though. I'd say second best sport game behind the NHL series.

You can set the game to "force trade" to adjust rosters. Supposing you can get 12 for 20 dollars I would do that since you will be able to take advantage of the online features til the next game is released. Also are you planning to play as the Yankees? If so what's up with that? Pats/Yankees fan?Second_Rook

I'm still on the fence about the game, I know it's only $10 but I've been playing the demo and I'm TERRIBLE at the batting, I have a hard time figuring out which pitches to swing on and which not to, then when I do find a decent pitch to swing on I either swing too early or too late. Is it normal for this game to be hard as hell for a first-timer? I've played like three 5-inning games on the demo as well and I've been beaten horribly each time, I'm also playing on Veteran difficulty which I believe is easy.