Additional Characters
In addition to the Backyard Kids themselves, there are other kids who appear in the Backyard games' season mode in order to fill spots on opposing teams. However, these additional kids are neither Backyard Kids nor the various pro stars that have appeared in the games from Backyard Football (1999) onwards. They are just "generic" kids who share similar physical attributes such as face shape, hair color and hair style (much like the options available when creating a custom player). The generics made their first appearance in season mode of Super Pablo Sanchez (1992) with only a small number of kids. However, additional generics have been added in later games and as a result, over 200 generic kids have appeared from Super Pablo Sanchez (1992) through Backyard Basketball (2001), with some names continuing into later games. Since Backyard Baseball (1997) onward, even more new names have appeared. However, most (but not all) of these names tend to be very silly and/or childish, and appear in only one of the games. There are two Backyard Kids added in Sandlot Sluggers/Rookie Rush:
- Jimmy Winthrope “The Bully” Knuckles is the captain of the Bullies. He and the other bullies can only be beaten if the other nine captains come together to form an All-Star team. He later appears in Rookie Rush as the captain of the Meadowbrook Monsters.
- Ace "Acer" Patterson is a top-notch football player with a football-loyal family. He is captain of the team "The Invincibles" He was introduced in Rookie Rush and can be played the first time when the player teams up with the other Backyard Kids to defeat Ace and The Invincibles.
The commentator who through the console/PC Backyard Sports games has been Sunny Day (voiced by Jen Taylor, Lani Minella and Samantha Kelly) (discontinued from Backyard Baseball 2007 and Backyard Basketball 2007), the over-enthusiastic play-by-play announcer. She has had various partners for all the different games, who include:
- Baseball: Vinnie the Gooch (voiced by Dolores Rogers and Lani Minella) (originally), Abner Dubbleplay (voiced by Adam Watson) (a joke on Abner Doubleday and double play), and Jack Fouler (voiced by Jim Curtis and Rhonda Soikowski).
- Football: Chuck Downfield (voiced by Klem Daniels and Dave Rivas) (his name comes from a play on words, such as someone throwing the ball down the field in football)
- Basketball: Barry DeJay (voiced by Dex Manley) (a play on "bury the J," as seen in Backyard Basketball)
- Soccer: Earl Grey (voiced by Dolores Rogers and Lani Minella) (a reference to a kind of tea).
- Hockey: Buddy Cheque (voiced by Dex Manley) (a play on body check in hockey)
- Skateboarding: Erik Stream (voiced by Michelle Thorson) (a play on air extreme)
In Backyard Baseball 2007 and Backyard Basketball 2007, there is an unidentified male commentator (voiced by Adam Watson). Sunny Day has returned as the commentator as of Backyard Football 2008 and Backyard Baseball 2009 and Backyard And the Mass of Clouds. In Sandlot Sluggers, There are two new commentators named Ron and Wally.
Clanky is a robot and the founder of the league.
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