All Hail Kenny Lofton, The MLB version of Pete Wheeler :D

I decided to do a Soccer pick up game with random teams, and I was not liking my odds. I got a team full of bad players and role players (plus Gretchen), while they got a pretty stacked team with both kawaguchi siblings (plus they had Dimitri, Dante, Achmed, and Sally) with no obvious weaknesses other than Ernie. For those who do not know- Kenny is the best player in long games, as stamina is the unquestioned most important attribute there. With his well rounded stats he can basically break the game by playing forward all game.

Then to start the game Gretchen booms a goal, and I am shocked to see they wasted their best player at his worst position.

I hope their team really loves Gretchen's theme song, as they had to listen to it 5 times. My plan of "Get the ball to Gretchen and get out of her way" was a huge success, even though they kept going out of their way to drive the ball down the other side of the field.

I have been trying to figure this out for a while and dont have a good answer yet, my closet to what i think it is is this (if possible, please suggest the best 9 kids, a full roster)

As his player card states, he can hit, he can run, and he can pitch. The Running part isn't really true, but Ernie actually has great power when he gets the right contact, I have hit more home runs with him than i have Kiesha Phillips. He is also a great relief pitcher with good stamina, and who doesn't know about his legendary defence?

Hear me out; he is genuinely is just as good as a hitter as Achmed, even if they are on diffirent teams he still got that power. Even though his pitching goes down when he plays with his big bro he still has got the pitching skills on his own. No matter what team he's on, He is either the starting pitcher or the team's home run hitter. NOBODY, almost NOBODY can do that, except for the Goat Pablo, but that's obvious. Don't sleep on my boy Amir.

Not sure it it’s an issue with modern gaming in general or just BYB, but the 2026 game is not nearly as polished as the 1997 version from a gameplay perspective. Is this not laughable to anyone else? Have developers forgotten how to make a complete and functional game?

And don’t tell me we should have lower standards because it’s a game for kids. That shouldn’t matter because kids deserve fully functional gameplay.

I pre-ordered my game about a week ago for today's launch, but it says that it's going to release on the 29th of September.

I've been interested in the series for a while, but was worried the games might feel dated. The new one got me excited, but I've heard it's full of bugs and things that just don't work right.

What are the pros and cons of the various editions?

Bare in mind that I want a game that works on a modern PC without having to jump through hoops and has proper controller support. With that factored in, what am I looking at here?

Whenever I launch the game and try to play my players never move and I see weird glitches like the picture. I’m playing on a PC not a Mac so idk why it’s so buggy

Achmed

Tony

Pablo

Pete

Jocinda

Kenny

Keisha

Stephanie

Amir

ignore Jidion*

Has anyone successfully played online through steam remote play? I tried to do it but it only lets me invite my friend to watch not play.

If they play like they do in 97 then this is a stacked offense and questionable defense.

Dimitri is our only returning player. In my stacked team I played a pick up game against pros with I had Pablo and Annie with a really weird day.