Backyard Baseball 2007 is the sixth Backyard Baseball

Backyard Baseball

Backyard Baseball is a series of children's games for the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii, iOS, and the PC. It is the original game in the Backyard Sports series. Currently all the games in the series have been developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Atari. It is one of...

game for PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

, Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance

The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

, PC

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

, and Nintendo GameCube

Nintendo GameCube

The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...

. The game highlights sixteen Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 players and all 30 MLB teams are represented, as well as ten fantasy teams.

Gameplay

In the game there are a few exceptions to normal baseball rules

Baseball rules

The rules of baseball differ slightly from league to league, but in general share the same basic gameplay.-Codes:There are several major rules codes, which differ only slightly....

. If a runner is caught stealing

Caught stealing

In baseball, a runner is charged, and the fielders involved are credited, with a time caught stealing when the runner attempts to advance or lead off from one base to another without the ball being batted and then is tagged out by a fielder while making the attempt...

 to end an inning

Inning

Inning is a municipality in the district of Erding in Bavaria in Germany....

, the player at bat is not charged with an at bat

At bat

In baseball, an at bat or time at bat is used to calculate certain statistics, including batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. It is a more restricted definition of a plate appearance...

, but does not start off the next inning. When a hit

Hit (baseball)

In baseball statistics, a hit , also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice....

 would be called a single

Single (baseball)

In baseball, a single is the most common type of base hit, accomplished through the act of a batter safely reaching first base by hitting a fair ball and getting to first base before a fielder puts him out...

, reached to second on the throw, or a double

Double (baseball)

In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....

, reached to third on the throw, these hits are tallied as double and triple

Triple (baseball)

In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay nor another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....

, respectively. Also, if the player hits a double, then gets caught in a rundown and tagged out, it does not count as a hit.

The game also does not keep track of a team's record and statistics over the course of multiple seasons or post-seasons. The same goes for individual player stats. However it does keep track of stats over a single season.
the real life players in the game include: Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols, Mariners OF Ichiro Suzuki, Cubs 1B Derrek Lee, White Sox 1B Paul Konerko, Phillies OF Bobby Abreu, Nationals 2B/OF Alfonso Soriano, Angels OF/DH Vladmir Guerrero, Twins P Johan Santana, Marlins P Dontrelle Willis, Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez, Red Sox 1B/DH David Ortiz, Braves OF Andruw Jones, Orioles SS/3B Miguel Tejada, Yankees SS Derek Jeter, Athletics 3B Eric Chavez, and Astros 1B/OF Lance Berkman.