Backyard Baseball

About Backyard Baseball

Backyard Baseball is a baseball sports video game designed for and aimed at children. There are three main modes: Pick-Up Game, League Play and Batting Practice. A spectator mode exists which pits two randomly chosen computer-controlled teams together. The player can also view their trophies won, their records and view baseball cards of the characters.

Before playing a pick-up game or starting a season, the user can change the set difficulty, toggle tee-ball (in Pick-Up Play only), switch from 6- or 9-inning games, and toggle errors. In both modes, a player can create their own team by customizing their team's name and color and drafting nine players from a pool of thirty characters. During the game, there are many cartoonish power-ups that can be used either by the pitcher (earned by recording a strikeout) or by the batter (earned by getting a hit on a power-up pitch when playing offense).

In the pick-up play mode, the player can choose a field from seven different fields of varying size, configuration, and playing surface: for example, the field Tin Can Alley makes it unique, due to the pavement surface and the difficulty of hitting a usual home run due to the outfield boundaries. After creating their own team, the player takes turns drafting their players against a computer. In league play, the player is restricted to one field, the Parks Department Field No. 2.