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Backyard Baseball 2009

(2008, Video Games - Sports, Rated E, Play it on: PlayStation 2, Nintendo 64, Windows, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii)

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 7; suggested age 7.

  • Is it any good?

    5.0

  • Common Sense says

    This baseball sim hits a homerun, again.

updated 12.31.69

Why We Rated This on for Ages 7 and Up

The good stuff

  • Educational value:

    Teaches young kids about how to play baseball.

  • Messages:

    The teams are very varied with characters representing almost every race and nation imagineable.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence & scariness :

    None - not even getting conked by a baseball

  • Language:

    Not an issue.

  • Consumerism:

    It uses pro-athletes as kids, and team insignias and uniforms are shown.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Backyard Baseball 2009

Parents need to know that there's a wonderful diversity of characters available in this game. Characters range from David Ortiz of the Red Sox portrayed as a child to Ichiro Suzuki of the Mariners and backyard kids with the names of Dmitri, Annie, and Maria. Yes, every team selected by the game has at least one girl playing on it. It does an excellent job of introducing children to the game of baseball and how to play it as a video game.

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