thin letters

Jarrod Saltalamacchia's name is the longest in Major League history, and that made it a challenge for equipment manager Zack Minasian to get it on the back of the jersey.

"First, I had to learn to spell it," Minasian said. "I looked at Catalanotto and that's 11 letters. That goes from armpit to armpit so there was no way I was going to use regular thick letters for Saltalamacchia. So I went with the thin letters. I don't normally do that, but in this case, I had no choice. But it worked out fine."