On the last weekend of August, Major League Baseball is doing &#8216;Player&#8217;s Weekend&#8217; in which teams wear Little League World Series style jerseys with their nicknames on them.
If you&#8217;re a normal person, you&#8217;ll probably acknowledge that this is a fun thing for kids and it&#8217;s good for social media engagement. <a href="https://twitter.com/noles506/status/895327338019172354">But if you&#8217;re woke AF</a>, you&#8217;re probably going to engage in a multi-tweet argument about how the league is only doing it for the money!!!!  Holy shit! Groundbreaking! Thank you! 
<a style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif" href="https://twitter.com/yankee32879/status/895334234713341953">Stoeten did a post a while back</a> on what the Blue Jays should use as their nicknames, but the actual names and jerseys were released today, so let&#8217;s go through what was good and bad. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">We&#39;re excited to officially release our nicknames for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PlayersWeekend?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PlayersWeekend</a> on August 25-27! Check them all out: <a href="https://t.co/ohguGzvKuy">https://t.co/ohguGzvKuy</a> <a href="https://t.co/wlLrbB5dyy">pic.twitter.com/wlLrbB5dyy</a>&mdash; Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/895331150180171776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
This nickname jersey thing obviously panders to the well-known, star players in the league. Jerseys like &#8220;Joey Bats&#8221;, &#8220;Stro Show&#8221;, and &#8220;Bringer of Rain&#8221; are going to fly off the shelves because these guys are actually known by those names and they&#8217;re intertwined with their brands on and off the field. So those ones are obvious.
The best one on the Blue Jays pretty easily is &#8220;No Panic&#8221; on Osuna&#8217;s jersey, with Aaron Sanchez&#8217;s &#8220;Sanchize&#8221; coming in a close second. Russell Martin&#8217;s &#8220;Muscle&#8221; is a very good one, too.
But after that, holy hell.
Steve Pearce and Aaron Loup would like for the world to know that their nicknames are Aaron &#8220;Loup&#8221; Loup and Steve &#8220;Pearce&#8221; Pearce. I expected that from Loup, but you would figure a dude like Pearce, who goes by @WayneTwentyOcho on Twitter would have something funny up his Sleeve. 
UPDATE:
Steve Pearce will actually be known as The Train. 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">In case people were wondering...my nickname will be &quot;The Train&quot;&mdash; Steve Pearce (@Late25Lightning) <a href="https://twitter.com/Late25Lightning/status/895349125776121856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack"> <a href="https://t.co/fogL5GOgWA">pic.twitter.com/fogL5GOgWA</a>&mdash; Andy (@_rallycap) <a href="https://twitter.com/_rallycap/status/895353177440169984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
Justin Smoak is also not &#8220;Smoaky&#8221; as you might expect, he&#8217;s actually &#8220;Moaky&#8221; (???) and Marco Estrada is sadly not &#8220;ACEstrada&#8221;, he&#8217;s &#8220;Estradabien&#8221;. Kevin Pillar probably asked for Superman, which would have been declined due to copyright, and then rather than going with &#8220;I swing at everything&#8221;, he opted to roll with &#8220;Pill&#8221;.
Tulo, Zeke, Go Go, Mo Mo, and Dar Bar are obvious ones for Troy Tulowitzki, Ezequiel Carrera, Ryan Goins, Kendrys Morales, and Darwin Barney, while J.A. Happ, Ryan Tepera, Chris Smith, Danny Barnes, and Luke Mailey took the hockey player approach, going with Happer, Tep, Smitty, Barnzy, and Mailes.
Elsewhere around the league, we have a lot of your standard &#8220;Mad Bum&#8221;, &#8220;Thor&#8221;, &#8220;Yadi&#8221;, for those well-known fan favourites, and those boring dudes who just rock first or last names, but we also have a lot of under-the-radar guys coming out with hilarious stuff.
Like Travis d&#8217;Arnaud, for example, who is either very funny or very lacking in awareness.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Lil Dicky about to buy like 200 of these (<a href="https://twitter.com/lildickytweets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lildickytweets</a>) <a href="https://t.co/9tqhZI1uVx">pic.twitter.com/9tqhZI1uVx</a>&mdash; Cespedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/CespedesBBQ/status/895339948404084736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
Speaking of awareness, Kyle Seager knows what&#8217;s up.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Kyle Seager going with &quot;Corey&#39;s Brother&quot; is very, very Kyle. Quiet, humble and sneaky funny. <a href="https://t.co/mgSj1KlIPn">pic.twitter.com/mgSj1KlIPn</a>&mdash; Nathan Rauschenberg (@nrauschen) <a href="https://twitter.com/nrauschen/status/895327417606184960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
Tulo should have at least considered this one. A.J. Ellis knows his role.
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-38095" src="https://bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-09-at-12-14-00-pm.png?w=1020" alt="" width="1020" height="1024" />
Andrew Triggs is probably the winner today, though his teammate Josh Phegley is right up there too.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Andrew Triggs carving out his place in MLB history with this one <a href="https://t.co/hwkjRk1Yea">pic.twitter.com/hwkjRk1Yea</a>&mdash; Cespedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/CespedesBBQ/status/895330605767966720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Josh Phegley going with PTBNL is some outstanding shade throwing <a href="https://t.co/QqezUzxozz">pic.twitter.com/QqezUzxozz</a>&mdash; Cespedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/CespedesBBQ/status/895329947471851520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
I love what Rougned Odor selected for his nickname, though I wish the Rangers had gone all-in and put &#8216;back-to-back ALDS runner-ups&#8217; somewhere on the uniform.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Wow, extremely on-brand Texas Rangers jersey for Players Weekend <a href="https://t.co/4apcdV38FI">pic.twitter.com/4apcdV38FI</a>&mdash; Cam Lewis (@cooom) <a href="https://twitter.com/cooom/status/895329544206336000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
Another cool thing about these uniforms, as pointed out by Jays Girl Emily on Twitter, is the patch, which shows a player growing up from Little league to the Major Leagues. So, again, before you get angry and decide to take to the internet to show it, remember who these things are actually for!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">This logo is my fave part of the jersey. It&#39;s evolution from the Little League logo to the MLB one ? <a href="https://t.co/APgmnHU35y">pic.twitter.com/APgmnHU35y</a>&mdash; Emily - First-ballot Hall of Famer Roy Halladay (@JaysGirlEmily) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaysGirlEmily/status/895337348627439616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2017</a></blockquote>

On the last weekend of August, Major League Baseball is doing 'Player's Weekend' in which teams wear Little League World Series style jerseys with their nicknames on them.

If you're a normal person, you'll probably acknowledge that this is a fun thing for kids and it's good for social media engagement. <a href="https://twitter.com/noles506/status/895327338019172354">But if you're woke AF</a>, you're probably going to engage in a multi-tweet argument about how the league is only doing it for the money!!!!  Holy shit! Groundbreaking! Thank you! 

<a style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif" href="https://twitter.com/yankee32879/status/895334234713341953">Stoeten did a post a while back</a> on what the Blue Jays should use as their nicknames, but the actual names and jerseys were released today, so let's go through what was good and bad. 



[tweet https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/895331150180171776 hide_thread='true' align='center']

This nickname jersey thing obviously panders to the well-known, star players in the league. Jerseys like "Joey Bats", "Stro Show", and "Bringer of Rain" are going to fly off the shelves because these guys are actually known by those names and they're intertwined with their brands on and off the field. So those ones are obvious.

The best one on the Blue Jays pretty easily is "No Panic" on Osuna's jersey, with Aaron Sanchez's "Sanchize" coming in a close second. Russell Martin's "Muscle" is a very good one, too.

But after that, holy hell.

Steve Pearce and Aaron Loup would like for the world to know that their nicknames are Aaron "Loup" Loup and Steve "Pearce" Pearce. I expected that from Loup, but you would figure a dude like Pearce, who goes by @WayneTwentyOcho on Twitter would have something funny up his Sleeve. 

UPDATE:

Steve Pearce will actually be known as The Train. 

[tweet https://twitter.com/WayneTwentyOcho/status/895349125776121856 hide_thread='true' align='center']

[tweet https://twitter.com/_rallycap/status/895353177440169984 hide_thread='true' align='center']

Justin Smoak is also not "Smoaky" as you might expect, he's actually "Moaky" (???) and Marco Estrada is sadly not "ACEstrada", he's "Estradabien". Kevin Pillar probably asked for Superman, which would have been declined due to copyright, and then rather than going with "I swing at everything", he opted to roll with "Pill".

Tulo, Zeke, Go Go, Mo Mo, and Dar Bar are obvious ones for Troy Tulowitzki, Ezequiel Carrera, Ryan Goins, Kendrys Morales, and Darwin Barney, while J.A. Happ, Ryan Tepera, Chris Smith, Danny Barnes, and Luke Mailey took the hockey player approach, going with Happer, Tep, Smitty, Barnzy, and Mailes.

Elsewhere around the league, we have a lot of your standard "Mad Bum", "Thor", "Yadi", for those well-known fan favourites, and those boring dudes who just rock first or last names, but we also have a lot of under-the-radar guys coming out with hilarious stuff.

Like Travis d'Arnaud, for example, who is either very funny or very lacking in awareness.

[tweet https://twitter.com/CespedesBBQ/status/895339948404084736 hide_thread='true' align='center']

Speaking of awareness, Kyle Seager knows what's up.

[tweet https://twitter.com/nrauschen/status/895327417606184960 hide_thread='true' align='center']

Tulo should have at least considered this one. A.J. Ellis knows his role.

<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-38095" src="https://bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-09-at-12-14-00-pm.png?w=1020" alt="" width="1020" height="1024" />

Andrew Triggs is probably the winner today, though his teammate Josh Phegley is right up there too.

[tweet https://twitter.com/CespedesBBQ/status/895330605767966720 hide_thread='true' align='center']

[tweet https://twitter.com/CespedesBBQ/status/895329947471851520 hide_thread='true' align='center']

I love what Rougned Odor selected for his nickname, though I wish the Rangers had gone all-in and put 'back-to-back ALDS runner-ups' somewhere on the uniform.

[tweet https://twitter.com/cooom/status/895329544206336000 hide_thread='true' align='center']

Another cool thing about these uniforms, as pointed out by Jays Girl Emily on Twitter, is the patch, which shows a player growing up from Little league to the Major Leagues. So, again, before you get angry and decide to take to the internet to show it, remember who these things are actually for!

[tweet https://twitter.com/JaysGirlEmily/status/895337348627439616 hide_thread='true' align='center']

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