Cousin Oliver: Joey, Samantha, and Arthur.Commuting on a Bus: Amir, Gretchen, and Stephanie in Backyard Baseball 2007.Oddly enough, it gets inverted if you choose either Sally or Ronny: the computer will chose the other one, despite Ronny actually having decreased stats if you pair him with his sister.The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard: When creating teams in Versus mode, picking one of the Webber twins or the Khan brothers will result in the computer selecting the other on the very next turn.Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: 13 characters.Justified if you think about it, since the pros specialize in their respective sports while the neighborhood kids play many different sports. Celebrity Power: The pros, who are always better than the neighborhood kids.Business of Generic Importance: Some of the various professional fields in the series are generic locations, such as 'Pro Sports Arena' and 'University State College', 'Parks Department #2', and 'Big City Stadium'.In some games, he even gets a massive stat bonus if he and Achmed are on the same team. Big Brother Worship: Amir Khan, to Achmed.Nine years later, Joey is one of the new Backyard Kids. Ascended Extra: In Baseball, Vinny the Gooch mentions a former Rockets player named Joey MacAdoo.NFL Backyard Basics handles this by having the present-day pros turn into kids while they're in the Clubhouse.

Not only that, but also by the time some of the pros were born, others would've already been teenagers or even adults. Anachronism Stew: The pros being kids in modern times.The series in general provides examples of:

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