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Most players miss due to its odd and very picky timing.

Slomo: the ball travels very slowly through the air, requiring precise timing to be hit.

Zigzag: the ball makes a zig-zag motion through the air.

Corkskrew: the ball makes a spiral motion through the air.

Crazyball: the ball "laughs" when thrown, and it moves in random directions in the air.

More difficult to hit if the pitch is aimed low.

Elevator: the ball is thrown low along the ground and suddenly jumps into the air at the last moment.

Big Freeze: the ball is thrown like normal but suddenly stops just before it enters the strike zone, often faking the hitter into swinging at the pitch.

In addition to these batting power-ups, pitching power-ups, or "crazy pitches," also progressively appear, though they are much more frequent and in number, occurring whenever the player strikes an opponent out.

It is effective in securing runs, doubles or triples and in exhausting the opposing team. The ball hit will roll around the field erratically as fielders just barely miss catching it. Crazy Bunt: can disappear after one or no tries when in use, although sometimes it will last for up to four uses when used sparingly.Players hit a ground ball that goes into the ground, causing the ball to appear in any random area of the field. Under Grounder: can last at least two uses.Players hit a fast line drive to the wall and allows the batter to run more or all bases. Screaming Line Drive: can last at least two uses and appears more frequently.Players use an aluminum bat to hit a home run it will always be a home run. Aluminum Power: is the rarest and most valued of power-ups and can disappear after one or no tries when in use.Starting from Backyard Baseball 2001, the power ups were awarded after a hit off a "crazy pitch" and when the player turned a double play or triple play on defense. In the original Backyard Baseball, these batting power-ups appeared when the player got a hit when the computer used a "crazy pitch" (see below). Sometimes accompanying the four standard batting modes (Power, Line Drive, Grounder and Bunt), some beneficial power-ups appear.

The game includes many modes, and they are Single Game, Batting Practice, Spectator, and Season Game.īackyard Baseball attempts to recreate the experience of playing baseball as children.

Backyard baseball 2003 roster series#

In the latest version of the game, a player could play an exhibition game or a 16 or 32 game season (previously 14) followed by the "BBL playoffs," which contains both the AL and NL divisional series, the AL and NL championship series and finally the "Backyard Baseball World Series". Managers cannot create players, but instead choose from a roster of characters to form teams. Some unlockable pros include Randy Johnson, Derek Jeter, Greg Maddux and Mike Piazza. Some of the pros available include Chipper Jones, Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano, Éric Gagné, Ichiro Suzuki, Sammy Sosa, Jim Thome, Albert Pujols, Nomar Garciaparra, Kenny Lofton, Ken Griffey, Jr., Cal Ripken Jr., Curt Schilling, and Barry Bonds. Over the years, the idea of "Pro players as kids" became popular, and the original stats and looks of the players changed. The original game consisted of 55 neighborhood kids. Currently all the games in the series have been developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Atari. It is the original game in the Backyard Sports series. Backyard Baseball is a series of children's games for the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii, iPhone OS, and the PC.