Major League Baseball will celebrate its third annual 'Players Weekend' later this month. Here are the best Brewers nicknames you'll see on jerseys.
The jerseys might be fairly boring this year, but the names on the back will still be batty.
Major League Baseball's annual "Players Weekend" arrives Aug. 23-25, when the Brewers host the Diamondbacks at Miller Park. The jerseys this year will lack the loud color palette of years past, reverting to a monochromatic look.
MLB, MLBPA bringing back Players' Weekend for third iteration, set for Aug. 23-25. Again, player nicknames on jerseys and custom uniform accessories. But new monochromatic looks this year & relaxed rules re mobile device usage. https://t.co/NQCkFw2f59pic.twitter.com/BG2espiJWM
— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBG) August 6, 2019
We still have some wild nicknames on the back, though -- including some emojis.
There's also another new element: players will have some expanded access to mobile devices on the field and in the dugout, meaning they could also post to social-media accounts during the game.
Here's a look at the best Brewers nicknames this year. It should be noted that Mike Moustakas, Christian Yelich and Ryan Braun don't yet have confirmed nicknames selected.
Lorenzo Cain - THREE KID$
Cain's trio of young children deliver in the adorable department, but hey, kids still cost, am I right? The superhero of center field pays playful tribute to his sons Cameron, Jayden and Landyn.
Drew Pomeranz - 🌴
So we have emojis this year! New acquisition Drew Pomeranz is going with a palm tree -- seemingly a riff on his last name -- and Jeremy Jeffress is going with a bread and butter emoji pairing that ties into his "Bread and Butter" food truck, which is now up and running selling sea food.
Adrian Houser - DOOGY
The 80s television show Doogie Howser, M.D., is well before Adrian Houser's time (the show wrapped in 1993, the same year Houser was born), but props to the old-school shoutout! Man, there are so many different spellings for the word "Houser" if you're a Wisconsin sports fan who also happens to love early 90s television.
Jacob Faria - FUH-REE-UH
Brilliant. I mean, we all had the same question when the Brewers acquired the former Rays reliever for Jesus Aguilar. How, exactly, do we pronounce that? Now we know.
Craig Counsell - EL POLLO
That's Spanish for "The Chicken," and ... well, if you don't know "The Chicken Runs at Midnight" story starring Craig Counsell, then you should familiarize yourself immediately. And prepare to cry.
Sadly, Matt Albers is going with "Big Salt" and not some variation of "Big Ole Bucket of Sassy." Perhaps next year.
MATT ALBERS IS FIRED UP 🔥 pic.twitter.com/8CvYzsf4ak
— FOX Sports Wisconsin (@fswisconsin) June 2, 2019
Others
- Matt Albers -- BIG SALT
- Chase Anderson -- CHASER
- Orlando Arcia -- EL NIÑO
- Jhoulys Chacin -- LA MAKINA
- Alex Claudio -- AC
- Craig Counsell -- EL POLLO
- Zach Davies -- BAT BOY
- Robinzon Diaz -- EL BARON
- Ben Gamel -- GAM
- Gio Gonzalez -- DOUBLE G
- Yasmani Grandal -- YAZMANIAN DEVIL
- Trent Grisham -- GRISH
- Junior Guerra -- CABEZON
- Josh Hader -- HADERADE
- Andy Haines -- HAINESY
- Marcus Hanel -- BEAR
- Keston Hiura -- KESTDADDY
- Chris Hook -- HOOKEY
- Steve Karsay -- KARS
- Jason Lane -- LANER
- Jordan Lyles -- J LYLES
- Pat Murphy -- MURPH
- Jimmy Nelson -- BIG SWEAT
- Freddy Peralta -- KACIKE
- Manny Pina -- PINEAPPLE
- Ed Sedar -- EDDIE LOVE
- Travis Shaw -- MAYOR-DDC
- Carlos Subero -- COMETIERRA
- Eric Thames -- PHONE HOME
- Devin Williams -- DAVE
- Brandon Woodruff -- WOODY
JR Radcliffe can be reached at (262) 361-9141 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @JRRadcliffe.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The best Brewers nicknames for upcoming 'Players Weekend'
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