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In Backyard Baseball 2001, in addition to the 30 fictional kids, each team was represented by at least one MLB pro player, [d] many of which were all-stars during the 1999 Major League Baseball All Star Game.
The success of Backyard Baseball led to the release of more Backyard Sports titles, [4] including updated versions of Backyard Baseball, starting with Backyard Baseball 2001, which would be the first Backyard Baseball game to include Major League teams and professional sports players, [9] a tradition started in Backyard Football. [10]
In the games, players form a team consisting of Backyard Kids and pro players, which they take through a "Backyard League" season, attempting to become the champions of their chosen sport. Players can create their own custom characters, starting in Backyard Football (1999). An additional aspect of the games is the use of Power-Ups, allowing ...
Backyard Baseball has also lived on thanks to the efforts of a small but ferocious online community of players who found a way to make the 2001 version of the game compatible with modern technology.
Jake Mintz & Jordan Shusterman discuss the news regarding the highly anticipated return of the classic video game Backyard Baseball, which MLB players could be included in the new version and take ...
The gameplay of Backyard Baseball 2001 is mostly the same as in the first Backyard Baseball title and retains all of the original game's modes: Single Game (formerly Pick-Up Play), Season Play (formerly League Play), Batting Practice, Spectator, and Tee-Ball, with the addition of a mode called Online Play, which allows players to compete with each other worldwide; this mode is only available ...
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Baseball Hall of Fame Total votes (First-team votes) Runner-up Team(s) represented by season Year of induction into National Baseball Hall of Fame Total votes (First-team votes) Catcher: Johnny Bench: Cincinnati Reds (1967–1983) 1989: 52 (24) Yogi Berra: New York Yankees (1946–1963) New York Mets 1972: 22 (4) First baseman: Lou Gehrig: New ...