NEW YORK -- The word "catire" is an adjective in Spanish meaning a blonde, fair-haired, fair-skinned person. The word will be stitched across the back of Wilmer Flores' jersey for Players' Weekend, when each player gets to choose a nickname for their jersey. It may seem strange that Flores, a player with such dark hair, would go by that moniker, but as a child his hair was much lighter. It was also the only way to tell him apart from the three other Wilmer Floreses in the house.
"I was blonde when I was born," Flores said.