Major league baseball will relax uniform rules for a "Players weekend" in August, according to a memo published by Yahoo! Sports.
When the Braves play the Rockies at SunTrust Park Aug. 25-27, players will be allowed to personalize the name on the back of their jerseys, wear colored spikes, gloves and wristbands (so long as they are not white), and wear a personalized uniform patch, highlighting “an individual or organization that was instrumental to his development.”
Baseball has displayed a few specialty uniforms this season. It will do so again this weekend for Father's Day.
The NFL allowed players to wear unique cleats in 2016 for charity. In 2014, the NBA allowed Miami Heat players to wear nicknames on their jersey for one game.
While the Braves have had some “big” colorful nicknames on the roster -- Bison (Matt Kemp), Big Sexy (Bartolo Colon), Big City (Matt Adams) -- there are some players who may take the opportunity to show some big personality.
A few times Freddie Freeman has been referred to publicly as Frito or Fab 5 Freeman. But what do you think he should be dubbed? Vote for one of these or offer your own:
The players weekend uniforms will be sold with the proceeds benefiting the Youth Development Foundation, whose goal is to improve the quality of youth baseball and softball programs across the United States.
