Players Weekend has been really popular since  2017 when it first started, but in its 3rd edition the weekend long event will be slightly different from the past two years.

Fans and players have embrace this sort of “Baseball holiday” and  they enjoy it because  players get a chance to show a little more of what their personal style looks like and some others take the opportunity to make it about something more than baseball.

MLB revealed that the teams will be wearing monochromatic uniforms  in order to allow for each custom accessory design for the occasion  to stand out more than ever before. 

This year the event  will be taking place from August 23-25 and the list of the names that will be on display for the event had been released.

 Many of the nicknames were no surprise to the public like Pete Alonso’s “Polar Bear” or Gary Sanchez’s “Kranke”, but  Oakland’s third baseman Matt Chapman is using this opportunity to do something more than just show his personal style.

Martin Gallegos, the A’s MLB beat reporter share the Players Week nickname list on his Twitter and was promptly asked  to explain what was the reason behind Chapman’s nickname, which Gallegos explained through a series of tweets:

Later on Gallegos share a little more of the touching story: