Hans Smith has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and a love of baseball. A 24-year-old student at Boise State, he uses a wheelchair and cannot dress or feed himself but appreciates the nuances of sacrifice bunts and cutoff men.
Playing baseball on a field with friends is not an option, so Smith enjoys the game on his PlayStation 3. Even that can be frustrating because he does not always have the dexterity to direct his video game players to do what he wants.
That should change with the release Tuesday of this year’s version of MLB The Show, the most popular baseball video game. To complement the beginner, experienced and expert modes, Smith worked with a Sony design team to devise an A.D.V.A. mode. It stands for Association for Disabled Virtual Athletes, an organization that Smith is starting with the hope of making games more accessible to those who can play sports only on a video screen.
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