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Joey Votto as 'In Flanders Fields,' and other Cincinnati Reds nicknames for MLB Players' Weekend

Outrageous tirades on consecutive days in an American Association of Independent Professional Baseball series between the Chicago Dogs and the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks led to hilarious ejections. USA TODAY

Major League Baseball will hold its second Players' Weekend at games held Friday, Aug. 24 through Sunday, Aug. 26.

The Cincinnati Reds will be playing the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley field that weekend.

The weekend allows players to personalize their uniforms with nicknames and wear fluorescent-colored shoes.

Reds players who return the same nicknames from last season include Michael Lorenzen as 'Zen Master,' Wandy Peralta as 'La Grasa' and Luis Castillo as 'La Piedra.