A Love Letter to Backyard Baseball feat. Nick Mirkovich
Tipping Pitches
English - March 13, 2018 01:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsSports baseball sports world series politics oakland new york mets statistics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Ep. 33 — Inspired by an article by Zach Kram at the Ringer last year, Bobby and Alex take a deep dive into the history of “Backyard Baseball,” the kids-video-game-turned-cult-classic that they grew up with. They bring on Nick Mirkovich, one of the game’s co-creators, to talk about the game’s inception and its evolution through the years, and speculate on why the game remains so firmly embedded in the minds of this generation. They dive into the colorful personalities of each character and reminisce on what made the game so special in the first place. It’s a full-on nostalgia sesh, featuring real gameplay and cameos from Sunny Day, Vinnie the Gooch, and the one and only Pablo Sanchez.
Links:
How ‘Backyard Baseball’ Became a Cult Classic, by Zach Kram
All music and sound clips from “Backyard Baseball,” courtesy of Humongous Entertainment/The Evergreen Group.
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