By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL/Designated Writers

Players Weekend in Major League Baseball is over and there was plenty of good and bad to go around. This is what happens when baseball tries to skew younger. Last year it was “let the kids play” and this is just another version of that. Baseball has had this weekend before, but not to this degree. It’s an idea some MLB flunkie decided to take too far. The idea itself is still OK, but someone needs to tap the brakes if this is going to continue.

THE GOOD: OK, let’s keep in mind that this is only one weekend. Three games in a 162-game season. So settle down to all those people who think Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams are rolling around in their graves (or where Ted is these days). The personalized nicknames on the back are fine and actually kind of interesting and original (unless you are the Yankees’ Brett Gardner who put “Gardner” on the back of his). There was some imagination — Braves closer Mark Melancon put the phonetic spelling of his name on the back — and some were in Spanish, so most Americans had no idea what those meant. But it’s a nice touch and if 9-year-old Johnny thinks it’s cool and therefore wants to watch more baseball on TV, good for everyone.

THE BAD: In the previous two Players Weekends, teams wore a pullover version of their normal jersey. Basically, it was a spring training jersey. Same colors, similar style and nobody really complained. This year? Not so much. The monochromatic look (all white for the home team; all black for the visitors) were simply disgusting. The Cubs “protested” by wearing their normal blue hats on Friday before MLB called and put the kibosh on that. The Yankees and Dodgers — ever heard of them? — played during the weekend and those classic jerseys were left on the shelf in favor of something that you’d see in independent league with teams that have goofy nicknames.

Baseball has a good idea. It needs to stop trying too hard.