Return to the Playground: Backyard Baseball 2001

[captfalc]

Game: Backyard Baseball 2001
Difficulty: Hard with Swing Spot
Settings: 6 Innings with Errors and Batting/Pitching Power-Ups

I had a lot of fun the first time I did this but life got the best of me and I let it all fall apart. I'll hopefully be able to finish it this time.

[captfalc]

Humongous Melonheads: Fall 2017 Backyard Baseball League
Back row - Alex Rodriguez, Achmed Khan, Ernie Steele, Derek Jeter, Dante Robinson
Front row - Pablo Sanchez, Luanne Lui, Amir Khan, Pete Wheeler
Not pictured - Captfalc

[OliDegu2008]

Yes! Looking very forward to this!

[captfalc]

Coach Captfalc here to give you a rundown of the squad before the season.


Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez
Batting 7/Running 9/Pitching 3/Fielding 9
Alex is a real student of the game. He watches film
from every single at-bat to see how he can improve
his swing. He's already a top MLB prospect at 12 years old.


Achmed "Axeman" Khan
Batting 10/Running 7/Pitching 2/Fielding 5
Achmed is never seen without his headphones and
he prefers to use his bat as a guitar. When he gets the
right song to play during his at-bat he can blast any pitch
out of the park.


Ernie "Funny Bones" Steele
Batting 5/Running 6/Pitching 7/Fielding 10
A well-rounder player who can hit, pitch, and run.
Ernie's biggest strength is his glove and can field
anything throw to him at first base. Although if you
asked Ernie, he'd say his biggest strength is his jokes.


Derek "DJ" Jeter
Batting 8/Running 9/Pitching 3/Fielding 10
His nickname really should be "Clutch" since he always
seems to pull through. DJ dreams to play shortstop for the
New York Yankees and just might get there, as long as he
finishes his homework first.


Dante "Stretch" Robinson
Batting 4/Running 9/Pitching 5/Fielding 7
Dante's favorite past-time is eating. He always a snack
ready to go, especially when he's playing centerfield.
Despite eating more often than breathing, he can
still whirl around the base paths.


Pablo "Secret Weapon" Sanchez
Batting 10/Running 9/Pitching 5/Fielding 10
Pablo isn't much of a secret anymore. A combination of
Ricky Henderson, Willie Mays, and Reggie Jackson
rolled into one. Maybe the only thing he can't do is speak English.


Luanne "Lulu" Lui
Batting 6/Running 10/Pitching 9/Fielding 7
Lulu keeps her best friend 'Teddy' with her at all times. She
prefers to pitch so she can keep Teddy safe in her glove. She's
not the best pitcher, but has the nastiest "fireball" in the league.


Amir "Sticks" Khan
Batting 7/Running 6/Pitching 9/Fielding 4
Amir is always close by to his brother, Achmed. While he's not
quite the hitter his brother is, he's more in tune with the game.
He prefers to bat after Achmed and hates not to be on his team.


Pete "Wheelie" Wheeler
Batting 8/Running 10/Pitching 2/Fielding 7
Pete swings at just about every pitch, but when he makes
contact he can spray it all over the field. His speed makes him
a threat to reach on anything, even hits right at the first baseman.

[captfalc]

Coach Captfalc back again to give our lineup for opening day.
We'll be playing our home games at Playground Commons this
fall. Our lineup should stay fairly consistent all season. Pete is
probably the best lead-off hitter in the league since he can out
run almost anything. Luanne will start the season as our pitcher
with Ernie, Dante, and Amir likely to get some starts as well.
Although Alex prefers to play shortstop he agreed to play third
base so Derek can show the Yankees his potential.

[captfalc]

Here's our schedule for the fall. We start our AL East division
play with three straight road games. That means we don't
have a home game until our fourth game. The Hornets and
Fishes are both in the AL, which gives us 5 AL games and 3 NL games.

[captfalc]

Melonheads Use Home Run to Start Season Hot

Humongous Melonheads (0-0) at Boston Red Sox (0-0)
Sandy Flats

	1	2	3	4	5	6	R
Melonheads	2	0	3	2	2	1	10
Red Sox	2	0	0	0	0	0	2

Melonhead Hitting
Pete: 4-4, RBI (1), 3 R, 2 SB (2)
Derek: 1-4, 2 RBI (2), R, K
Pablo: 4-4, 2 HR (2), 5 RBI (5), 3 R, 4 SB (4)
Achmed: 0-4, K
Amir: 3-4, HR (1), 2 RBI (2), R
Alex: 1-4
Ernie: 2-4
Luanne: 2-3, R, 3 SB (3), K
Dante: 2-3, R, 2 SB (2), K

Melonhead Pitching
Luanne: 6 IP, 2 K, 2 R, 2 H, W(1-0)

Game Summary
The Melonheads used the home run to do most of the
damage in their first game. Pablo Sanchez had a phenomenal
start to his season going 4-4 with 2 home runs. When he failed
to hit the ball out of the park he still managed to get all the way
to third by stealing four bases. It looked like this was going to
be tight game in the first when Nomar Garciaparra hit a two run
homer off of Luanne to answer Pablo’s first home run in the bottom
of the first. Luanne had other plans and settled down to retire
the rest of the Red Sox batters in order.

Player of the Game:

Pablo Sanchez

[captfalc]

Around the Diamond: Week 1
In the other AL East match-up the Blue Jays squeaked past
the Yankees 1-0. We've got the Yankees next week, so let's
see if we can keep the bats firing. Our non-divisional opponents
went an even 4-4 for the week.