He presented the concept to the legendary Ron Gilbert (not only the creator of Maniac Mansion but also the founder of Humongous), and after a while, he approved. The idea of a videogame about kids playing baseball was developed by Nick Mirkovich, illustrator and animator.
It's the first of a long series of successful titles, the last one of which was released in 2015. Backyard Baseball is a baseball game created by Humongous Entertainment and released for Windows and Macintosh in 1997.
