After creating a team, the player starts a new season which can consist of 14, 16 or 32 match queues, as well as the Play-Off phase. In Backyard Baseball, the player takes on the role of a manager who has to complete a new team in order to compete against other rivals. The story of Backyard Baseball is surprisingly simple, but according to many, this is what makes the game so fun and addictive. The game was released for Macintosh and PC (Windows). Backyard Baseball 2001 is a sports game released in 2000 by Humongous Entertainment.