All The Feels For The White Sox On Players Weekend

The White Sox roster enjoyed Players Weekend. From the goofy nicknames like Big Foot (Lucas Giolito) and DP (Daniel Palka) to YoYo (Yoan Moncada) and D-Fark (Danny Farquhar), it was fun to see the players' personalities enter the game. For one weekend the past two seasons Major League Baseball dropped their ridged uniform rules and allowed the players to wear glittering, fluorescent cleats and neon colored jerseys. Much has been written about baseball's aversion to modernize and appropriate the game for a contemporary crowd, but if Commissioner Robert Manfred and the other denizens of the game refuse to make dramatic revisions to the game, Players Weekend is a good start. Here is a collection of social media posts from the White Sox Players Weekend shenanigans. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm4K7_XHLvs/?taken-by=hectorsantiago53 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm7YLIaFo-S/?taken-by=whitesox Yolmer Sanchez -- the maestro of fun -- wanted to join the replay-team one night last week.  

Rick Renteria suffered from lightheadedness in Minnesota before the final game against the Twins and had to miss Michael Kopech's major-league debut on Tuesday. The White Sox sent him a picture of his jersey to cheer him up.

Last season Tim Anderson honored his friend Brandon Moss (B-Mo) who was gunned down in a Tuscaloosa parking lot trying to break up a late-night altercation. This year, he simply went with TA7.

Yet, there was one moment that couldn't be overshadowed by the glitz and flare any team could muster.

Like Anderson did last season, Kevin Smith honored his deceased friend and former White-Sox teammate, Daniel Webb by choosing "Webby" for the name on the back of his jersey and then smoking his first home run of the season.

Smith was understandably emotional in that moment and after the game.

Athletics capture the entire human experience. We choose our sports based on how we connect to the subtle moments of drama. Baseball, more than any other sport, has a way of connecting with the human spirit on a regular basis.