Backyard Baseball

Baseball season is here! Can’t you feel it? It's like that first warm breath of spring that passes through your neighborhood as backyard grills start to fire up and televisions come to life with the sounds of a baseball game in its first inning. If you’re lucky, you’re sitting in the stands in a stadium with countless fans cheering their team on as the PA announcer’s voice calls your favorite player to the mound. This also means that our favorite consoles will once again see plenty of baseball titles coming our way. While this is a really good thing, these games cater to an older crowd. Well, Backyard Baseball is here to change that so grab the controller, kids, and let’s play some ball.

Batter, batter, batter......swing! Remember listening to the kids chant that during games? They always thought it was so funny, usually around the age of nine or ten. Backyard Baseball for the Gamecube has captured that sense of fun and innocence and translated it into a console sports game just for kids, although parents may be surprised at how much they will enjoy playing, too.