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Whether you're picking your dream team, playing a pick-up game, or diving into a full season, step up to the plate and experience the game that made baseball fun for everyone!\n\nBackyard Baseball ‘01 teams up the Backyard kids with Backyardified MLB legends. Create your own Backyard team, customize your uniforms, and strategize to win the Championship. Play a single pick-up game or play through an entire season. Backyard Baseball ‘01 features intuitive controls for all ages!\n\nSWING BACK INTO BASEBALL\nEnjoy baseball like it’s 2001!\n30 Charming Backyard kids\nLegendary MLB Players\nMLB Team Marks\nHilarious Bloopers\n8 Classic Ballparks\n9 Pitching Power-ups and 4 batting Power-ups\nLively commentary from Sunny Day and Vinnie\n\nTo get into the swing of things, choose a batter and face Mr. Clanky for some batting practice. This is where you’ll learn just when to click to make your chosen batter hit the ball!\n\nTHE GOAT RETURNS\nPlay with the legend himself, Pablo Sanchez. Build a roster from a cast of 30 hilarious child athletes and 28 legendary pros that made Backyard Baseball ‘01 a sports classic. Returning MLB players include Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Cal Ripken Jr., Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza, Randy Johnson, Nomar Garciaparra, Jeff Bagwell, Jason Giambi, Chipper Jones, Jeromy Burnitz, Mark McGwire, Shawn Green, Vladimir Guerrero, Kenny Lofton, Jason Kendall, Barry Larkin, Marty Cordova, Mo Vaughn, Raul Mondesi, Curt Schilling, Alex Gonzalez, Juan Gonzalez, Larry Walker, Carlos Beltran, Tony Gwynn, Ivan Rodriguez, and Jose Canseco.\n\nGame Modes include:\nChoose from three modes of play (Easy Mode, Medium Mode, Hard Mode)\nRandom Pick-up: A quick way to jump right in! The computer chooses a random team for you and itself and the game starts immediately.\nSingle Game: You take turns with the computer choosing players from a random pool of characters.\nSeason: You pick your home field, create a team, and manage the team through a 14 game series. The opposing teams are computer generated. At the end of the season, the best two teams advance to the BBL playoffs (best of 3). If you keep winning, you’ll compete in the Super Entire Nation Tournament and Ultra Grand Championship of the Universe Series!\n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION\nAt our core, we are fans first – not just of video games, but of the Backyard Sports franchise. Fans have asked for accessible and legal ways to play their original Backyard titles for years, and we are excited to deliver.\n\nWithout having access to the source code, there are hard limitations on the experience we can create. 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