Hello and welcome to the unofficial official opening of my blog
Now this blog will be on anything I dare choose to talk about: from sports to stuff of sorts…
My first subject of this blog might last a long time because I really enjoy Backyard Sports
When I talk about Backyard Sports I’m talking of the old ones:
![](https://i0.wp.com/gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/ScummVM/Box/big/Backyard_Baseball_-_1997_-_Humongous_Entertainment.jpg)
Backyard Baseball
Not the sorry recent ones:
![Backyard Sports](https://i0.wp.com/www.lukiegames.com/assets/images/Xbox-360/X360_BACKYARD_SPORTS_SANDLOT_SLUGGERS.jpg)
No offense to Atari but when something isn’t broken don’t fix it!
Now somethings get better with age like cheese, wine, and beer. (The first one I know for a fact as a Packers fan but I don’t drink wine or beer)
I’m just saying they got rid of the things that made the series popular:
Sunny Day and her witty co-announcers
- Sunny Day as she appears in Backyard Basketball (2001)
The original Backyard Kids
![Backyard Baseball Backyard Baseball Windows Pick your players. Annoyingly, this was when they made it "realistic" by not having every player on the bleachers available during a single game.](https://i0.wp.com/www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/643251-backyard-baseball-windows-screenshot-pick-your-players-annoyingly.png)
Building your teams and the custom kids
![Backyard Teams](https://i0.wp.com/static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100808065236/backyardsports/images/2/2c/Team_Selection.png)
![Custom Kid Screen](https://i0.wp.com/www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/255893-backyard-nba-basketball-2004-windows-screenshot-making-a-custom.png)
Now there’s better graphics in the new ones but making a part better can make the whole thing worse. I just think they hurt their cause in the end.
Here are LPs (Let’s Plays) Of Backyard Baseball and Sandlot Sluggers
Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers
Now That is the 1st section of this long topic
Next I will include:
The Announcers in Backyard Sports
And