Power-ups are awarded if you strike out a batter or get a hit off a tough pitcher they will boost your bats and pitchers' arms and can be used anytime during the game. Sunny Day and Vinnie 'The Gooch' provide play-by-play commentary for each game as you march through the season and get ready for the playoffs. To get ready for the season, you can play some batting practice or exhibition contests to get warmed up. Once you're done with that, you choose the batting order and the players' spots on the field.
For example, Maria Luna is an average player whose skills explode if she's placed on a team whose uniforms are pink, her favorite color. Every kid is rated in running, batting, fielding, and pitching and has personality quirks that may affect the team. Select your team name and colors as well as its mascot, and then choose your starting line-up.Īmong the colorful cast of characters are ace pitcher Angela Delvecchio and top slugger Marky Dubois.
Aimed at the five-to-ten-year-old crowd, this game features 30 kids as players to choose from as you assemble the ultimate neighborhood club and try for the Ultra Grand Championship of the Universe. Grab your mitt and a bat and head out to a dusty sandlot for a game of old-fashioned pick-up baseball in Humongous Entertainment's Backyard Baseball.
