Dodgers’ Adrian Gonzalez encouraging Latino players to put accents on their jersey names

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Adrián González has gone 16 years with his jersey saying Gonzalez on it. Apparently he has had enough, and is potentially starting a movement within the Latino players of Major League Baseball.

Recently, González walked out to the field with the accent on his name for the very first time.

Después de 16 años en las grandes ligas solo me faltaba ponerle acento a una cosa. @kikehndez te reto #ponleacento. pic.twitter.com/lPwALrhR8G

— Adrián González OLY (@Adrian_ElTitan) May 9, 2016

The hashtag on the end loosely translates to “put your accent on,” and it caught on with at least one other player. As Kike Hernández was the target of his dare in the Tweet, and the next day it was Hernández becoming the second player to put his name with the accent on his jersey.

Que bonito se ve Hernández con el acento! Ya lo tengo @adrian_eltitan, ahora invito a todos los latinos a que hagan lo mismo! #PonleAcento Look how pretty Hernández looks with its accent. I already got it @adrian_eltitan, so now I invite all my Latino brothers to get their accent. #PonleAcento

A photo posted by Kike Hernández (@kikehndez) on May 9, 2016 at 5:27pm PDT

As of now, the trend hasn’t caught on like wildfire yet — but don’t be surprised to see MLB make a concerted effort to make names more authentic on jersey’s of the future. It should be, given the influence the Latino player has had on the modern era of professional baseball.

[Los Angeles Times]