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Backyard Baseball Hints

  • GBA | Submitted by Connor G.

    The ULTIMATE Team

    To get this awesome team all you have to do is get this team of people: Achmed Khan, Sidney Webber, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Randy Johnson, Nomar Garciaparra, Pablo Sanchez, Vicki Kawaguchi and don't forget Ken Griffey JR. There you have it, the best team.


  • PC | Submitted by Russ Parrish

    How to Hit a Whole Lot Better with Steph

    Just don't bat opened with Stephanie Morgan. Square up with her. I tried it my whole season and she ended up with 22 homers. I did another season with her batting opened and she only hit 3 homers, 1 of which was with an aluminum power bat.


  • GameCube | Submitted by Anonymous

    Easy Homers

    First, pick your teams and choose your field. Make sure you have Kiesha Phillips, Barry Bonds, or Sammy Sosa on your team. If possible pick them all. When they come up to bat, choose line-drive. Then, move your curser down below the strike zone. The opposing pitcher will normally pitch the ball high. When he releases the ball, move the curser up again. If you hit it, it's either going to go far, or be a really long homer.


  • PC | Submitted by nick

    Get Pablo Sanchez to speak English

    To make pablo to speak English go to the card book in the club house pick pablo and hold ALT and SHIFT then click once on his pic he will speak


  • PC | Submitted by Blimpy

    Easy Homers/Strategize Fielding

    Note: This can be done in either season or single game mode.
    When you pick your field, choose Steele Stadium. It has a shallow center field which is great for your Home Run hitters like Pablo Sanchez, Ken Griffey Jr., Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa,etc.
    But sometimes it can backfire so when you are pitching and you see the batter in the middle batting stance, at the top left corner, there is a picture of a field with some gloves for the positions. Either click above the mid outfielder to make everyone go back or click left of the left outfielder or right of the right outfielder to get 2 guys close to the middle. But watch you for batters that are in the left or right batting stance. They can send a line drive down the 3rd or 1st base line where no one is at!


  • PC | Submitted by Rocco Giamatteo

    How to get a hitting special

    To get a hitting special all you have to do is hit back to back homeruns


  • PC | Submitted by Rocco Giamatteo

    How to get a pitching special

    To get a pitching special you could strike a person out or make a double play


  • PC | Submitted by DH

    To Slide

    To slide, click numerous times right before you get to a base. Sometimes it helps to get to the base faster and avoiding getting out. (Works best on second and third base.)


  • PC | Submitted by GamesRadar

    Special Hits

    Turn a double play to get a special hit when you go to bat.


  • PC | Submitted by GamesRadar

    Get Mr Cranky

    In exhibition mode go to the clubhouse trophy case and hold SHIFT and click on Mr. Clanky


  • GameCube | Submitted by NintendoForever

    Leading and Stealing

    To Lead:

    Before you select your bat press "y"+ Control Pad to the base you want to lead to.
    Example: y+ cont.pad up^ = lead to second

    Note: Press again to lead further- just be careful not to get picked off!

    To Steal:

    Before you select your bat press "A" + Control Pad to the base you want to steal.
    Example: A+ cont. pad up^ = steal second.


  • GameCube | Submitted by Fish

    The REAL! Ultimate Team

    The ultimate team is: Catcher=Pablo(Batting 8); 1st Base=Kiesha(Batting 6); 2nd Base=Pete(Batting 1); 3rd Base=A-Rod(Batting 2); Short Stop=Derek Jeter(Batting 9); Right Field=Sammy Sosa(Batting 5); Center Field=Ichro(Batting 3); Left Field=Barry Bonds(Batting 4); and Pitcher=Randy Johnson(Batting 7)

    Just trust me! Randy Johnson is batting 7th when you think he should be batting 9th. If he was batting 9th, you would most likly get out with him. With Jeter at 9th, he will get on base more often and will set up Pete Wheeler for a possible RBI.


  • PC | Submitted by yoman

    Super Luna

    Make a all pink team. choose Maria luna. she will do good.


  • PC | Submitted by Daniel

    Pablo's Sweet Spot

    All you need is Pablo at bat and when the ball is pitched, if the ball is on the inside of the plate don't swing. If the ball is pitched on the middle or outside of the plate the ball is usually gone.


  • GameCube | Submitted by NintendoForever

    Pick Off a Runner

    To pick off a runner:

    Before or after you select your pitch point
    C Stick to the base you want to pick the runner off at.
    Example: C Stick right= pick off to first.

    Note: Keep an eye on the runner's progress at the top left part of the screen on the base diagram.

    Cool Tip: When there are runner's on first and third, the runner on first almost always takes a big lead- a pick off attempt to first in this situation is almost a sure out and most of the time you even get a power-up for batting/pitching!!


  • GameCube | Submitted by mystery

    Ultimate Team

    To pick the ultimate team you have to pick Barry Bonds for left, ichrio for center and sammy sosa for right.for 1st jim thome, 2nd shawn green/short is a-rod, 3rd is derek jeter, catcher pablo, and pitcher pedro martinaz


  • GameCube | Submitted by TheOne

    Power Up Hints and How to Get Locked Stadiums

    Ok, first of all the powerups. They'll give you funky pitches/swings.
    1)If you strike someone out, you'll get a pitching powerup.
    2)If you get a double play you will get a hitting powerup that will show up when you go in to bat like the pitching ones.
    3)If you make a dive catch you'll usually receive a powerup. I can't say for what because I've gotten hitting and pitching for that.
    4)Once in a while if you hit or catch a powerup pitch or hit, you might get a powerup, its happened to me a couple of times. :)

    To get one of the locked stadiums, just make it to, and I believe win, the World Series. For the second one (Aquadome), You have to hit the ball into the swamp at Gator Flats, into the pond at Frazier Field, and into the pool at Steele Stadium .(You can do this on, quick play, season mode, or homerun derby.)


  • GameCube | Submitted by NintendoForever

    Batting Stance

    To adjust your batter's batting stance:

    Press "R" to make your batter move right.
    Press "L" to make your batter move left.

    You can do this as many times as you want and can set your batter's stance back to normal.


Backyard Baseball Cheats

  • GBA | Submitted by ryan fajdetich

    Create a Charater with Stats All the Way

    Go to options and press select , r, l buttons you will hear a noise. Then go to cards and create a player - but you can't be in a season. When you get to stats he will have unlimited stats. It may take a couple tries.


  • PS2 | Submitted by shox255

    Unlockables

    u have 13 goodies(9 players,3 fields,& 1 mini game).The first player is Abner Dubbleplay.2 get him u have 2 get all 20 skill certificates.
    To get Mr.Clanky u MUST beat his coaching thingamibober.
    To get Barry DeJay u MUST have a saved game from Backyard Basketball.
    To get Randy Johnson u have to get 75 career strikeouts.
    To get Pedro Martinez u MUST throw a shutout(other team must have no points).
    To get Greg Maddux u have to get 20 career wins.
    To get Shawn Green u have to get 60 career hits.
    To get Derek Jeter u have to get 2 double plays in a game.
    To get Mike Piazza u have to get a grand slam(I think,but if you have the game and read this,if it's do it).
    To get baseball darts(mini game) get 40 points in fielder's challenge.to get the Aquadome hit a homerun at Gator Flats,in the pool at Steele Stadium,in the pond at Frazier Field.
    To get the World Series Stadium win a game in the playoffs.
    To get Captain Quasar's Cosmo Camp win the World Series.


  • PC | Submitted by Joel Higginbotham

    Giant Players

    Create a team and never get out with Pablo Sanchazein the first game.


  • PC | Submitted by Joel Higginbotham

    Secret Players

    Make a team that is black and called the Mighty Monsters.Win all of your season games.Then create another team.You will be Able to pick people like Mark McGwire,Sammy Sosa,Ken Griffy Jr.,Babe Ruth,Hank Arron,and Willy Mays.


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