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The approaching Major League Baseball season wouldn't be complete without a cutting-edge video game companion piece, and thus we have Major League Baseball 2K8, the latest such offering from those gaming wizards at 2K Sports.

In addition to graphics that make reality seem second-rate, as well as limitless playability, past 2K Sports offerings have featured bangin' in-game soundtracks, compiled in collaboration with folks like Sub Pop and Matador. This time around, Pitchfork was given the opportunity to select some of the music for Major League Baseball 2K8.

We put our thinking New Era caps on and came up with a pretty tight squad of Pitchfork all-stars, if we do say so ourselves: league leaders LCD Soundsystem, the Hold Steady, and Dinosaur Jr. rock right alongside rated rookies Battles, Jay Reatard, the Cool Kids, and Blitzen Trapper.

2K Sports rounded up a pretty formidable crew of tunes as well, from the likes of Modest Mouse, the Strokes, Peter Bjorn and John, the Cure, and the Flaming Lips, among others.

Check out the complete song list below, read more about "Pitchfork's Picks" here, and take home Major League Baseball 2K8 for your XBox 360, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, PSP, and/or Wii home entertainment system on March 4.

Major League Baseball 2K8:

Battles: "Atlas" *
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: "Need Some Air"
Blitzen Trapper: "Wild Mountain Nation" *
Dinosaur Jr.: "Almost Ready" *
Jay Reatard: "My Shadow" *
Kasabian: "Reason Is Treason"
LCD Soundsystem: "Watch the Tapes" *
Modest Mouse: "Dashboard"
Peter Bjorn and John: "The Chills"
The Cars: "Moving in Stereo"
The Cool Kids: "88" *
The Cure: "Never Enough"
The Flaming Lips: "The Wand (No MF Edit)"
The Hold Steady: "Stuck Between Stations" *
The Presidents of the United States of America: "Cleveland Rocks"
The Revolution Fox Experiment: "Hyper Charlie"
The Strokes: "Someday"

* Pitchfork Pick