Cubs and White Sox legends are now playable in MLB The Show 19

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article_body => "Nostalgic Chicago baseball fans, it's your time to shine.<\/p>\nThursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/395541302\" target=\"_blank\">MLB The Show 19 unveiled changes<\/a> to its Diamond Dynasty feature, a customizable online game mode. Among several additions, gamers can now unlock and play as former MLB stars.<\/p>\nThe group includes former Cubs pitchers Kerry Wood and Mark Prior and former White Sox sluggers Paul Konerko and Frank Thomas. While the stream unveil didn't include Prior or Konerko, it included the player ratings for Wood (88) and Thomas (87).<\/p>\nMLB The Show tweeted a video to promote Wood and Prior's inclusions in the game on Friday:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">Can you feel the CHICAGO HEAT?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLBTheShow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MLBTheShow<\/a> is coming in hot: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mu5uVHDrKl\">https:\/\/t.co\/Mu5uVHDrKl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nZdkzebwpy\">pic.twitter.com\/nZdkzebwpy<\/a><\/p>— MLB The Show (@MLBTheShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBTheShow\/status\/1106642595789398016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\nWood, Prior, Konerko AND Thomas in a new baseball video game? What a time to be alive. MLB The Show 19 hits the shelves March 26, though memories of the aforementioned players will live on forever.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2PxAcKd\">Click here<\/a> to download the new MyTeams App by NBC Sports! Receive comprehensive coverage of your teams and stream the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/chicago\/cubs\">Cubs<\/a> easily on your device.<\/em> \n"
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Nostalgic Chicago baseball fans, it's your time to shine.

Thursday, MLB The Show 19 unveiled changes to its Diamond Dynasty feature, a customizable online game mode. Among several additions, gamers can now unlock and play as former MLB stars.

The group includes former Cubs pitchers Kerry Wood and Mark Prior and former White Sox sluggers Paul Konerko and Frank Thomas. While the stream unveil didn't include Prior or Konerko, it included the player ratings for Wood (88) and Thomas (87).

MLB The Show tweeted a video to promote Wood and Prior's inclusions in the game on Friday:

Can you feel the CHICAGO HEAT?#MLBTheShow is coming in hot: https://t.co/Mu5uVHDrKl pic.twitter.com/nZdkzebwpy
— MLB The Show (@MLBTheShow) March 15, 2019

Wood, Prior, Konerko AND Thomas in a new baseball video game? What a time to be alive. MLB The Show 19 hits the shelves March 26, though memories of the aforementioned players will live on forever.

Click here to download the new MyTeams App by NBC Sports! Receive comprehensive coverage of your teams and stream the Cubs easily on your device.