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Backyard Baseball 2001 was the second Backyard Baseball game, and the fourth overall game in the Backyard Sports franchise. It was made for Windows/Macintosh. It was also the second game overall to have pros. Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles is featured on the cover.

Gameplay[]

The biggest change is the introduction of Pro Kids to the Baseball series. Starting with this game, all the kids are on the bleachers during the player draft; in previous Backyard Sports games, only a fraction of the kids were on the bleachers. Another change is that, unlike the original/1997 version, you can now see if a player is either having a "good day" or "bad day", where a player gets a random increase or decrease to their stats, by looking at they're ratings on the field in game or seeing if the background behind them is either blue or orange when they're up to bat or pitching. Batting powerups can now be obtained by turning double plays; in the previous game, they were only obtained by hitting powerup pitches.

In Season Mode, each opposing team now have a Backyard Kid and a Pro Kid as team captains. The Pick-Up Game fields are now available in Season Mode; the player chooses one as their home field. Several Backyard Kids had their stats changed. It is now possible to create a custom player; this feature had been introduced in Backyard Football.

Intro video[]

Sammy Sosa appears at the bat, with Mike Piazza catching. Camera closes into them, and Sammy Sosa takes a big swing of the bat and stops to reveal the BBL logo, Then Chipper Jones appears, who picks up a grounder, and throws to second. Stephanie Morgan catches the ball and hits foot on second base to get a sliding Jeff Bagwell (a Houston Astro) out. She throws it to first, covered by Colorado Rockie Larry Walker for the double play. A sweating and panting Dmitri Petrovich who runs by first base, tagged out. Lisa Crocket, who hits a ball that stops and turns into a white circle with the Cleveland Indians logo. Kenny Kawaguchi does the same thing, except the ball turns into the Seattle Mariners logo instead. Nomar Garciaparra (a Boston Red Sock) hits a Texas Ranger, then Ken Griffey Jr. (a Cincinnati Red), Luanne Lui and Kimmy Eckman, respectively, all take swings. After which more white circles with logos of various MLB teams appear, until all 30 teams appeared. After that, Randy Johnson appears and pitches the ball at the screen, and the Backyard Baseball 2001 logo appears.

Pros[]

Player Card Team Nickname
Barry Larkin BarryLarkinCard2001 Cincinnati Reds 30/30
Juan Gonzalez JuanGonzalezCard2001 Detroit Tigers (Texas Rangers on real baseball card, traded to Detroit in November of 1999) Juan Gone
Sammy Sosa SammySosaCard2001 Chicago Cubs Slammin'
Shawn Green ShawnGreenCard2001 Los Angeles Dodgers (Toronto Blue Jays on real baseball card, traded to Los Angeles in November of 1999, the same trade that sent Raúl Mondesi to Toronto) Squeaky
Frank Thomas FrankThomasCard2001 Chicago White Sox The Big Hurt
Kenny Lofton KennyLoftonCard2001 Cleveland Indians Blur
Jose Canseco JoseCansecoCard2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays No Way
Alex Rodriguez AlexRodriguezCard2001 Seattle Mariners A-Rod
Curt Schilling CurtSchillingCard2001 Philadelphia Phillies Heater
Mark McGwire MarkMcGwireCard2001 St. Louis Cardinals Mac
Mo Vaughn MoVaughnCard2001 Anaheim Angels Hit Dog
Jeromy Burnitz JeromyBurnitzCard2001 Milwaukee Brewers (Different Brewers logo on real baseball card) The Kid
Raúl Mondesi RaulMondesiCard2001 Toronto Blue Jays (Los Angeles Dodgers on real baseball card, traded to Toronto in November of 1999, the same trade that sent Shawn Green to Los Angeles) Tuesdesi
Vladimir Guerrero VladimirGuerreroCard2001 Montreal Expos Alvino
Jeff Bagwell JeffBagwellCard2001 Houston Astros (Different Astros logo on real baseball card) Bags
Nomar Garciaparra NomarGarciaparraCard2001 Boston Red Sox Spiderman
Barry Bonds BarryBondsCard2001 San Francisco Giants Big Guy
Jason Giambi JasonGiambiCard2001 Oakland Athletics Slugger
Larry Walker LarryWalkerCard2001 Colorado Rockies Canadian Clubber
Chipper Jones ChipperJonesCard2001 Atlanta Braves Chipper
Derek Jeter DerekJeterCard2001 New York Yankees D.J.
Mike Piazza MikePiazzaCard2001 New York Mets Supreme
Tony Gwynn TonyGwynnCard2001 San Diego Padres Pal
Alex Gonzalez AlexGonzalezCard2001 Florida Marlins Li'l Mitt
Jason Kendall JasonKendallCard2001 Pittsburgh Pirates Patch
Ken Griffey Jr. KenGriffeyJr.Card2001 Cincinnati Reds (Seattle Mariners on real baseball card, traded to Cincinnati in February 2000) Junior
Carlos Beltran CarlosBeltranCard2001 Kansas City Royals Buckles
Cal Ripken Jr. CalRipkenJr.Card2001 Baltimore Orioles Iron Man
Ivan Rodriguez IvanRodriguezCard2001 Texas Rangers Pudge
Randy Johnson RandyJohnsonCard2001 Arizona Diamondbacks The Big Unit
Marty Cordova MartyCordovaCard2001 Minnesota Twins Shade

Fields[]

Teams[]

Major League Baseball[]

American League National League
West Central East West Central East
Anaheim Angels Chicago White Sox Baltimore Orioles Arizona Diamondbacks Chicago Cubs Atlanta Braves
Oakland Athletics Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox Colorado Rockies Cincinnati Reds Florida Marlins
Seattle Mariners Detroit Tigers New York Yankees Los Angeles Dodgers Houston Astros Montreal Expos
Texas Rangers Kansas City Royals Tampa Bay Devil Rays San Diego Padres Milwaukee Brewers New York Mets
Minnesota Twins Toronto Blue Jays San Francisco Giants Pittsburgh Pirates Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals

Custom Teams and Names[]

Names Teams
Blue Melonheads
Crazy Hornets
Green Wombats
Humongous Bombers
Junior Monsters
Little Fishes
Mighty
Red
Super Duper
White

Due to similarities with the real teams included in the game, the custom team names Giants and Socks are cut from this installment of the Backyard Baseball series. The names All Stars and Rockets are no longer available as well.

Trivia[]

  • The stylized menus from the previous games are replaced with a more streamlined look. This menu system is featured in all subsequent SCUMM-era games.
  • The voice clips of the Backyard Kids and the commentators were mostly recycled from the first game. The Backyard Kids have new voice clips for getting a strike, getting a ball, and hitting a home run. Vinnie the Gooch also has several new lines.

Gallery[]

Backyard Baseball Rating Backyard Baseball series
PC games Original (1997)2001200320052007Sandlot Sluggers
Mobile games 2015
Console ports 2002 (GBA)2005 (GBA)2007 (GBA)2003 (PS2, Gamecube)2009 (DS)Sandlot Sluggers (Xbox 360 and Wii)
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