
In-Series Nickname: Every playable character has one. However, in all games, playing the game on a kid's birthday will buff their stats for the day.
Holiday Mode: Some games have a dynamic menu that changes with the season. Geographic Flexibility: The Neighborhood changes in every game. Four-Fingered Hands: Most characters have these. Dummied Out: Area 51½/A Nameless Field from the Soccer series. Cross-Dressing Voices: Most boys are voiced by women. Cousin Oliver: Joey, Samantha, and Arthur. Likewise, when the camera zooms in on the game (i.e., when someone's at bat or doing penalty kicks), the players look like cartoons again. Conspicuous CG: When the player sprites were changed to pre-rendered images, the spectators in the background were still 2D drawings. Commuting on a Bus: Amir, Gretchen, and Stephanie in Backyard Baseball 2007. Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: 13 characters. Justified if you think about it, since the pros specialize in their respective sports while the neighborhood kids play many different sports.
Celebrity Power: The pros, who are always better than the neighborhood kids.Cash Cow Franchise: This franchise was the cause of Humongous Entertainment making a profit.
NFL Backyard Basics handles this by having the present-day pros turn into kids while they're in the Clubhouse.Anachronism Stew: The pros being kids in modern times, and all being around the same age.
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A demo version of Baseball 2001 can be downloaded from Infogrames, and a trial version of Sandlot Sluggers can be downloaded from Atari.