Two sons, one about to turn 8 and the other 10 and this is SPOT ON from The Babylon Bee
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Kid At Baseball Game Unsure Whether Fans Are Cheering For Aiden, Braiden, Cayden, Or Jayden
Sports
May 8, 2023 · BabylonBee.com
LEE'S SUMMIT, MO — A local little league baseball game was brought to a halt over the weekend after confusion arose over who the crowd was cheering. Young Jayden Wears was unsure whether the fans in the bleachers were, in fact, cheering for him, or for his teammates — Aiden, Braiden, or Cayden.
"I got excited at first, but then I wondered what name they were saying," Jayden said following the game. "I was out in center field and kept hearing people yelling what sounded like, ‘Look alive, Jayden!,' but then I realized it might be people cheering for one of the other kids. It's a problem that happens pretty regularly, actually."
As the fans were shouting encouraging comments, Aiden Johnson (who was playing second base) thought for a moment the cheers were for him. Likewise, Braiden Padget (in left field) was initially emboldened by the vocal fan support. At third base, Cayden Jenkins thought for sure the cheers were for him until he realized his own father was, in fact, cheering for Jayden.
"We all play sports together, so it gets confusing," said one parent. "During basketball season last fall, we told parents they needed to start shouting last names to help us differentiate. If this continues to be an issue, we'll just have to have them write our names on signs instead of cheering."
At publishing time, the boys had all come to a mutual agreement to all feel encouraged by any cheering that rhymes with their names, including their unathletic friend, Hayden Gretz, who has never made it off the bench.
Names wax and wane in popularity. You can almost tell someone's age by their given name. When I was in HS, the name Margaret was very common (usually called Peggy, or Marge). There's a song, written and performed by Mike Doughty, called "27 Jennifers." More recently, Ashley and Trevor have been popular.
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OMG, yes. I was coaching at that age and we just assigned kids nicknames. It took us about a week to get a good name for each kid. One stud flew around the infield drill. A natural catcher, dove for everything ate and drank baseball all day. One day he is taking grounder's and diving left and right. I said shit boy were just gonna call you "Dirty". He was 10. His mom loved it. She was all in and she became Dirty's mom.
Today he is 16 and everyone still calls him Dirty.
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a few years ago I told my boss we couldn’t do any more divorces or parentage modifications if they had a kid named Braden, because every one of the little suckers was a true evil asshole demon spawn.
