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10 MLB nicknames we NEED to see during Players’ Weekend

By John Buhler

May 22, 2017; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout (27) looks on against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
May 22, 2017; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout (27) looks on against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jun 11, 2017; Bronx, NY, USA; New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the seventh inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 11, 2017; Bronx, NY, USA; New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) rounds the bases after hitting a home run during the seventh inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports /

2. Aaron Judge: Executioner

His name is Judge. Aaron Judge is also the jury/executioner of baseballs for the MLB’s most hated team in the New York Yankees. At six-foot-seven he is an Adonis among us plebs. He clearly came down from his beanstalk/Mount Olympus to make baseball fun for us this summer.

While the Yankees will probably be absolutely 1000 percent not cool with doing funny nicknames on the back of their pinstripe uniforms, the Steinbrenner Family has been about that money for a long, long time. Could you imagine the jersey revenue that the Yankees would make if they sold Judge, Jury and Executioner jerseys together online?

On Friday, his name is Judge. Saturday is for the boys, so he’ll need the right Jury to be his alibi consisting of No. 99 problems. Then on Sunday, he will show no mercy to white spheres with red laces on them as The Executioner. He would absolutely hit six home runs that weekend because that’s the power of wearing the best collection of jerseys in Yankees history.

The Legend of the Judge would only continue to grow. Seriously, if he hits 40 home runs for the Bronx Bombers this season, Judge is you American League Rookie of the Year. Hopefully no hung jury gets in the way of his award. Otherwise, expect the wrath of the Executioner.

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