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NFT: Yankees to have names on their jerseys for 3 games

Danny Kanell : 8/9/2017 1:34 pm
And to make matters worse, nicknames...

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The Yankees have a long-standing tradition of not having names on the back of their jerseys. But due to a special event in baseball, that's going to change.

MLB announced Wednesday that from Aug. 25-27 it will be celebrating Players Weekend across the league. What does that mean? It means players get to have creative names on the back of their jerseys, such as nicknames or anything creative they want.

As part of the announcement, the league made sure to mention the Yankees.


Yes, even the Yankees will have names on the back of their pinstripe jerseys, throughout that weekend series against the Mariners. Just imagine if this happened years ago, with the sight of Bambino, Joltin' Joe and the Mick over their numbers.



And the worst part:

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Gary Sanchez: Kraken
Aaron Judge: All Rise
Aaron Hicks: A-A Ron
Starlin Castro: All-Starlin
Todd Frazier: Toddfather
Dellin Betances: D. Dawg
Luis Severino: Sevy
Masahiro Tanaka: Masa
Aroldis Chapman: The Missile
Didi Gregorius: Sir Didi
Austin Romine: Ro
Adam Warren: Rocket
Chase Headley: Head
Jacoby Ellsbury: Chief
Chad Green: Greeny




This almost reads like an Onion Sports article.




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arcarsenal : 8/9/2017 1:40 pm : link
WTF?

This is the most.. un-Yankee like thing ever. How did this get approved?
Yikes  
DanMetroMan : 8/9/2017 1:42 pm : link
the league should have allowed teams to opt in/opt out
I could careless.  
Dave in Hoboken : 8/9/2017 1:42 pm : link
Just win some games, plz.
This screams Randy Levine  
B in ALB : 8/9/2017 1:43 pm : link
Fucking ugly Douchebag.
This Is  
Professor Falken : 8/9/2017 1:47 pm : link
The XFL!!!!!
I immediately thought Levine too, but it said league-wide  
jcn56 : 8/9/2017 1:47 pm : link
They should just name it 'obligatory cash grab weekend' and call it a fucking day.
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arcarsenal : 8/9/2017 1:48 pm : link
My grandfather is rolling in his grave right now.
At least we're not one of those  
Dave in Hoboken : 8/9/2017 1:49 pm : link
teams that has like 3 alternate uniforms. That would piss me off. Most of them look ugly, too.
RE: This screams Randy Levine  
BigBlueShock : 8/9/2017 1:50 pm : link
In comment 13553927 B in ALB said:
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Fucking ugly Douchebag.

Lol, Levine doesn't have anything to do with it. This is all MLB baseball responsible for this monstrosity. Sounds like the Yankees don't have an option. Pathetic.
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Danny Kanell : 8/9/2017 1:51 pm : link
In comment 13553938 arcarsenal said:
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My grandfather is rolling in his grave right now.


Mine too.
Which player  
Mike in NY : 8/9/2017 1:52 pm : link
Will go with HE HATE ME?
RE: RE: This screams Randy Levine  
B in ALB : 8/9/2017 1:52 pm : link
In comment 13553945 BigBlueShock said:
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In comment 13553927 B in ALB said:


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Fucking ugly Douchebag.


Lol, Levine doesn't have anything to do with it. This is all MLB baseball responsible for this monstrosity. Sounds like the Yankees don't have an option. Pathetic.


I heard they can opt out. But Levine wouldn't do it
He Hate Me  
CRinCA : 8/9/2017 1:52 pm : link
Flashback
To quote Mike Mussina after Spiderman logos  
bceagle05 : 8/9/2017 1:53 pm : link
were put on the bases as a movie promotion, "What's next? Chico's Bail Bonds on the backs of our jerseys?"
RE: RE: RE: This screams Randy Levine  
BigBlueShock : 8/9/2017 1:55 pm : link
In comment 13553952 B in ALB said:
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In comment 13553945 BigBlueShock said:


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In comment 13553927 B in ALB said:


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Fucking ugly Douchebag.


Lol, Levine doesn't have anything to do with it. This is all MLB baseball responsible for this monstrosity. Sounds like the Yankees don't have an option. Pathetic.



I heard they can opt out. But Levine wouldn't do it

I haven't heard anything about that. If true, this is like the 30000th Fire able offense during Levine tenure. Guy is a complete shit stain
Either way  
B in ALB : 8/9/2017 1:56 pm : link
Levine is a toilet bug.
Everyone else is doing it, that's why...  
Dunedin81 : 8/9/2017 1:58 pm : link
yes it's stupid, but they want to sell more merchandise. I'm sure this is SteinerSports Approved!
RE: Everyone else is doing it, that's why...  
Dave in Hoboken : 8/9/2017 2:03 pm : link
In comment 13553969 Dunedin81 said:
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yes it's stupid, but they want to sell more merchandise. I'm sure this is SteinerSports Approved!


Can't be! Read the first few posts on this thread. It's a Yankees thing only!
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arcarsenal : 8/9/2017 2:08 pm : link
Pretty sure no one said it was only a Yankees thing.

It's significant to the Yankees specifically because of the fact that they've never had names on their jerseys in their history. No one cares if the Miami Marlins have dumb names on the back of their jerseys.
JPS  
Sec 103 : 8/9/2017 2:11 pm : link
Just plain stupid
It's low rent  
B in ALB : 8/9/2017 2:12 pm : link
Ham n egger Bullshit. An attempt to make more money and look like clowns doing it. No thanks.
George would have rehired Levine  
dune69 : 8/9/2017 2:15 pm : link
6 or 7 times just so that he could keep publically firing his ass.
If they really wanted this to catch on....  
kinard : 8/9/2017 2:19 pm : link
... they would let the fans vote on which nicknames to use.

I have a few ideas on for some nicknames I would like the Mets to wear on their backs. Like Cespedes or Harvey for instance....
Get off my lawn!  
Heisenberg : 8/9/2017 2:19 pm : link
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Here are the uniforms for all the teams  
RodneyHamp : 8/9/2017 2:21 pm : link
Maybe Clint Frazier  
bceagle05 : 8/9/2017 2:22 pm : link
can grow out his hair for the special weekend.
I don't know...  
Dave in Hoboken : 8/9/2017 2:23 pm : link
I guess I just found it odd that someone who isn't even a fan of the team cared.

Either way, this is a stupid thing to care about more than, "Well, that's kind of dumb." The team winning some damn games is much more of an issue at the moment.
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arcarsenal : 8/9/2017 2:23 pm : link
Unsurprisingly, almost all of them are fucking hideous. This gimmicky stuff is terrible

The only teams that have remotely decent ones are the Phillies, A's, Cubs, Cardinals, and Pirates. A couple others are passable- most are horrendous. Including the Mets.
RE: I don't know...  
arcarsenal : 8/9/2017 2:26 pm : link
In comment 13553999 Dave in Hoboken said:
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I guess I just found it odd that someone who isn't even a fan of the team cared.

Either way, this is a stupid thing to care about more than, "Well, that's kind of dumb." The team winning some damn games is much more of an issue at the moment.


As odd as you getting so defensive that anyone criticized it?

I'm a baseball fan and this is a message board. I'm pretty sure it's okay for me to have an opinion on this. I think the entire thing is stupid and I'm not sure how anything I said make it seem like I care about it beyond saying it's stupid.

Carry on!
And the Names for the Mets  
RodneyHamp : 8/9/2017 2:27 pm : link
ill link it because the image is so large.
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RE: And the Names for the Mets  
arcarsenal : 8/9/2017 2:29 pm : link
In comment 13554005 RodneyHamp said:
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ill link it because the image is so large. Yuck - ( New Window )


Haha, they're so bad. "WALKIE"

Why, why, why....
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Dave in Hoboken : 8/9/2017 2:29 pm : link
In comment 13554004 arcarsenal said:
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In comment 13553999 Dave in Hoboken said:


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I guess I just found it odd that someone who isn't even a fan of the team cared.

Either way, this is a stupid thing to care about more than, "Well, that's kind of dumb." The team winning some damn games is much more of an issue at the moment.



As odd as you getting so defensive that anyone criticized it?

I'm a baseball fan and this is a message board. I'm pretty sure it's okay for me to have an opinion on this. I think the entire thing is stupid and I'm not sure how anything I said make it seem like I care about it beyond saying it's stupid.

Carry on!


"My grandfather is rolling over in his grave" made it seem like it was more than that. But to each their own.

I like the Cubs and Angels one. I don't think it's a big deal since they're only wearing them for 3 games (1 series). If they were going to wear them for a week or more, then I'd step my shitting on this up. But for one series a year? Meh. They're just trying to sell some jerseys to some kids.
For the Yankees' nicknames..  
Dave in Hoboken : 8/9/2017 2:30 pm : link
anyone find it odd how Gardener has his actual last name on it, and it's not "Gardy" for his jersey?

Weird.
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Danny Kanell : 8/9/2017 2:30 pm : link
I can't believe there's a market for an ugly Yankee jersey with Toddfather on the back of it. People will actually buy this shit?
Sacrilege -  
section125 : 8/9/2017 2:30 pm : link
Blasphemy. Apostasy.

May the wrath of the Bambino and Billy Martin be upon the league office heads.
*Gardner  
Dave in Hoboken : 8/9/2017 2:31 pm : link
Of course I misspell his actual name, haha.
The only ones I like  
Heisenberg : 8/9/2017 2:31 pm : link
Sir Didi, Kraken, All Rise, A-A-Ron
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Dave in Hoboken : 8/9/2017 2:32 pm : link
In comment 13554016 Danny Kanell said:
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I can't believe there's a market for an ugly Yankee jersey with Toddfather on the back of it. People will actually buy this shit?


Probably dumb kids and teens, that age-range would be my guess.
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arcarsenal : 8/9/2017 2:35 pm : link
Yeah, my grandfather was a big Yankee fan and a baseball purist. Not exactly sure what the issue is with sharing the fact that he'd hate this.

That okay with you or am I prohibited from making any sort of comment of the sort since I'm a Mets fan?
Can't wait to buy my ugly ass "Head" jersey  
DennyInDenville : 8/9/2017 2:36 pm : link
Yankees!!!

Head for Headley!!! Lol wtf

Brutal brtutal brutal.
Perfectly fine.  
Dave in Hoboken : 8/9/2017 2:37 pm : link
But you wondered why anyone would think you would care, and that's why.

Please. Feel free to share all of your opinions on the Yankees. :)
Some of these garbage jerseys  
B in ALB : 8/9/2017 2:37 pm : link
Are selling for $200. Fuck. That.
They should've done it when the Yankees were on the road  
Milton : 8/9/2017 2:44 pm : link
But either way it's no big deal. I don't view it as meaningful in terms of the tradition.
This is a terrible idea.  
Mike in Long Beach : 8/9/2017 2:47 pm : link
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RE: Some of these garbage jerseys  
Route 9 : 8/9/2017 2:51 pm : link
In comment 13554037 B in ALB said:
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Are selling for $200. Fuck. That.


Always about the cash money
Doesn't bother me, but I am surprised the Yankees are participating.  
Mad Mike : 8/9/2017 3:04 pm : link
That said, I do like A-A-Ron.
People who buy these  
LCtheINTMachine : 8/9/2017 3:05 pm : link
should be ashamed of themselves.
I don't much care about...  
Chris in Philly : 8/9/2017 3:05 pm : link
alternate jerseys or anything, but those nicknames are embarrassing...
they should be allowed  
spike : 8/9/2017 3:08 pm : link
to have facial hair for the players weekend then
Someone will buy the Thor jersey  
spike : 8/9/2017 3:11 pm : link
Harvey has given up his Dark KNight persona. Just Harvey now
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