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MLB Players Weekend: Kiké Hernandez talks nicknames and playing shirtless
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Players' Weekend Returns For Third Straight Season
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MLB Players Weekend: Best nicknames players will have on jerseys
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Players Weekend” to include nicknames on players' jerseys, by Rowan Kavner
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From emoji nicknames to emotional tributes -- The best of MLB Players' Weekend - ESPN
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How players are using uniform numbers to break MLB's unwritten rules - ESPN
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Sights from Players' Weekend
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A New Look at the New York Yankees
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The great stories behind some of MLB's best Players Weekend nicknames
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Orioles' Players' Weekend nicknames include 'Boomer,' 'Papa Frita,' hashtags and emojis
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Tony Wolters dons paper emoji on Players' Weekend
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