Dan Wade has carved out a nice little space for himself in the world of professional baseball, covering the Minnesota Twins for Twins Daily. Still, in terms of overall notoriety, he is quite a ways behind the most famous of the D. Wade’s, Dwyane.
This would seem to be a minor issue for Dan, but his Twitter handle, @Dwade, is ripe for cases of mistaken identity from inattentive Twitter users trying to reach Dwyane. And let’s be honest, this is Twitter we are talking about. Is there any other kind of user?
As you can imagine, when big news breaks involving Dwayne, Dan is going to hear about it. So, when Dwyane announced his shocking departure from the Miami Heat to the Chicago Bulls Wednesday night, Dan was in for an entirely new level of harassment on Twitter.
At least he has a good sense of humor about his predicament.
Aw crap
— Dan Wade (@Dwade) July 7, 2016
He even retweeted some of his more… interesting… mentions.
https://twitter.com/LiftWeightAD420/status/750868597879234560
https://twitter.com/LiftWeightAD420/status/750872480722591744
@Dwade Bruh you aint gonna be any better in your hometown because youve already sucked your whole career. #fax
— wyattruggles (@wyattruggles) July 7, 2016
RINGZZZZZ THO… https://t.co/LNi1HYrIXd
— Dan Wade (@Dwade) July 7, 2016
@Dwade Miami is saying this pic.twitter.com/7qNZpuxHu6
— wyattruggles (@wyattruggles) July 7, 2016
This dude is salty as hell. First one all night to really have a bone to pick with Dwyane. https://t.co/xLdtREyFHa
— Dan Wade (@Dwade) July 7, 2016
It’s not really a mention, but Wade also did say a comment about the other D. Wade made him jealous:
I'm bout – to be friends – wit D Waaade *sings & dances*
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 7, 2016
First time I’ve been jealous of Dwyane all night. https://t.co/hCc2LxhyV4
— Dan Wade (@Dwade) July 7, 2016
Although, if he was hoping to keep the number of his mentions down, his initial tweet may have backfired. More than a few users decided to clog up his mentions with comments on just how full they would be.
Yeah you might want to take a Twitter break tonight. This is gonna suck.
— Hunter Felt (@HunterFelt) July 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/kerrence/status/750868055572361216
RIP your mentions
— ja'marr chase stan (@nolabbtb) July 7, 2016
Here lie Dan Wade’s mentions, February 2008 — July 6, 2016. May they rest in peace.
About Ben Sieck
Ben is a recent graduate of Butler University where he served as Managing Editor and Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Butler Collegian. He currently resides in Indianapolis.