![]() ![]() Mikey Thomas was extremely slow-perhaps the slowest in the game-which made him a potential liability on defense. Steele is just adequate at hitting and running, but he’s an elite fielder that can step in and do a good job on the mound as a reliever. “Funnybones”) says “everyone loves Ernie because he is so silly.” You don’t want a bunch of jokers on your team, but a well-liked player like Ernie could help bring a group together. The baseball card for Ernie Steele (A.K.A. And while she wasn’t going to threaten for a home run, “Swan” could get on base with bunt attempts. In the field, Vicki could cover a ton of ground and make plays like a vacuum in the outfield or at one of the two middle infield spots. She isn’t quite the pitcher her brother Kenny is, but she’s well above average there. Vicki Kawaguchi couldn’t hit, but she’s good at everything else. Delvecchio didn’t blow hitters away with gas, but she used her pitchers and hit her spots. ![]() But when she was on her game with enough juice in her juice box on the mound, there might not have been a pitcher more frustrating to hit against. ![]() Strictly a pitcher that could swing the bat, Angela “Sugar Pop” Delvecchio couldn’t run and couldn’t field. In honor of the 21-year anniversary, these are my picks for the best ten players in the original Backyard Baseball. The game was wildly popular and probably delivers nostalgia for a lot of people that played it a couple decades ago-you might remember popping in the CD-ROM to play. 21 years ago, the original Backyard Baseball game was released for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh.
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