- What's up, guys?
It's Trax and today we're gonna be reviewing
some MLB chains and pendants.
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Chris Archer.
So, here Chris has the classic Miami Cuban chain.
Chris had a incident in the bullpen with one of his chains.
It broke.
Something happened.
That's not what you want in professional athletics.
From the picture I could tell
that's a very, very high quality Cuban
because the links are very, very tight.
It's very important to have that,
especially when you're on the field and throwing the ball,
you want a chain that's not gonna inhibit
your athletic ability in any way or get in the way.
Aaron Judge.
Aaron Judge is wearing a classic Figaro link.
This is a link that's been around for a very long time.
It's not particularly fancy.
It's something that even the average person can afford.
But he's wearing it on the field because he likes it.
He likes the way it feels.
He likes the way it looks.
He's not trying to be flashy.
He's not trying to be over the top.
So this is a Figaro chain.
A Figaro chain is basically three links
plus one elongated link of a curb link.
The curb link is these three links
and if you add this it turns into a Figaro link.
Right, a Cuban link would be
these same three links compressed all across.
So, a Figaro chain is just a specifically-designed chain
to get beautiful aesthetic look
that also saves a little bit on weight,
but mostly people wear it because they like the style of it.
It's not for the weight purposes,
but that's essentially why it was invented to begin with.
To give somebody a little bit of a longer chain
without having extra links that are extra heavy.
Mookie Betts.
Mookie Betts is wearing a classic Figaro link
very similar to the one Aaron Judge has
except his is a little bit heavier.
The length is between 20" to 22".
Mookie Betts is wearing his Figaro link
on and off the field.
And these types of chains, they never bother you.
They never scratch you.
So, you can wear them to sleep.
You can wear them in the shower.
They're gold.
They never tarnish.
They never give you problem.
They become ultimately a part of you.
Manny Machado.
When Manny Machado was signed to the Orioles
he had a unique diamond chain.
It's not the best for the field
because it's flying around as you can see in this picture,
however it's a unique chain.
It's got red diamonds, white diamonds,
all the way around.
When he signed to the Padres, he switched it up
to a tighter link, shorter, heavier, fully-iced Miami Cuban,
which to me is a way better chain to wear
on the field and in the game.
When in action, the Miami Cuban chain
is gonna stick with you.
You could be on a motorcycle with it.
You could play a game.
You could almost do anything with this chain.
So, this is the type of chain
you might want to have on the field.
Heavy, short, not interfering,
not something you have to tuck in and out
every time you throw the ball.
Yasiel Puig.
Yasiel is wearing a rose gold rope chain.
A beautiful chain because the solid rope is very heavy.
You have to have your chains heavy when you're on the field
because when you're throwing that ball,
you don't want your chain going like this
or hitting you in the face.
You don't want it interfering with your game.
You don't want to cost a loss or something like that.
His choice is a little bit better because it's heavier
and it's gonna wear even better on the field.
Austin Jackson.
Austin is wearing a two-toned rose and white gold,
fully-iced Miami Cuban link, right around 13 millimeters,
and he's got another chain right under that.
It's fully-iced.
He's going for the fully-iced look.
He's not wearing a Figaro chain.
That was your grandpa's look.
He's going for the fully-iced,
but the most important thing is it's heavy,
it's solid and it's not gonna interfere
with what he's trying to do.
Alex Verdugo.
Alex Verdugo is wearing two chains.
He's got a rope chain and a dog tag boot chain.
On the dog tag boot chain, he's got his player number 27
and another pendant on the rope chain.
These are two light chains that you could buy
almost anywhere in America.
He's keeping it classic.
He's keeping it simple and that's a good look.
So, here Alex switched up his chains.
He's got a moon cut on the 27.
He's got a iced Miami Cuban and he's got a tennis chain
with another pendant on it.
All three of these chains, out of all of them,
my favorite one, it's not the most expensive.
It's the least expensive.
It's the moon cut.
So, this is a moon cut chain in rose gold
and you could see why it's called a moon cut
because of these little crescents.
It's basically a dog tag chain that's been modified
with these little facets and they have
a beautiful shine to them.
So, for a gold chain this is about
the most shine you're gonna get.
It's almost like wearing a diamond chain
that is just made out of gold.
Adam Jones.
Jones is wearing a fully iced rolo link.
A rolo link is a lighter link.
It's a simple chain.
It's as simple of a chain as you can imagine.
It's not particularly heavy.
For example, this is a modified Cuban and Gucci link,
or anchor link as it's known.
This chain that's even shorter
is double the weight of this rolo link.
So, you could see the way
this is a little bit flimsier, a little bit lighter,
and this is a little bit heavier.
This is something when you're wearing it on the field,
you want it to be heavy, so I would probably recommend
that someone be wearing something like this
over something like this on the field.
I'm not a professional athlete,
but I am a professional jeweler.
Ronald Acuña Jr.
Ronald has two chains.
He's got a Miami Cuban link.
That's the heavy one and the lighter one is the curb link,
and that's the one that has a cross on it.
As compared to other MLB players,
Ronald has chains that are longer.
That's gonna be flying around even more.
That's probably why the other guys are wearing
shorter, heavier links.
Their performance is gonna be right on point.
It might even help them in a way, right?
To have something heavy around your neck,
it's not something that's gonna inhibit you.
That I wouldn't recommend on the field.
It's gonna be longer and it's gonna be
flying around in your eyes.
Subconsciously, you're probably gonna be thinking about it.
As many bases as Ronald has stolen,
he'd probably steal even more if his chains
were a little shorter and a little heavier.
Javier Báez.
Javy used to have a white gold dog tag chain
with a Jesus head and then later on
he switched it up to a rope chain
with a iced out Jesus head and a Miami Cuban to go.
All right?
Again, fully iced out.
Javy's Jesus head chain is a little bit longer
and that is gonna fly around as you could see.
When he's playing the game he doesn't seem
to be bothered by it so as long as that's fine on him,
that's good, but again something that probably
could get annoying after a while.
Mallex Smith.
Mallex was inspired by Javy to get a chain.
He got a beautiful Florida pendant with a black diamond
on the capital of Florida in Tallahassee
and he's wearing it on a nice little Miami Cuban chain.
It's a beautiful look.
I actually admire it very much.
Josh Bell.
Josh Bell has a white gold Miami Cuban.
It's a choker length, like around 18", 19" tops,
with a second chain which is another white gold rope chain
with a fully-iced cross on it.
Now these two chains are to me the right length
that they won't interfere.
You're not gonna see this guy swinging a bat
and then his chain is flying up in the air.
Francisco Lindor.
Francisco is wearing a beautiful pendant.
It's got enamel on it.
It's something that I personally think
is superior to what the average pendant is out there.
So, that's very, very nice, however,
his chain is a beautiful chain.
It's a diamond chain, but it's not
professional athlete ready because it's a beaded chain
with a thin link in it.
And that thin link is only on a timer before it breaks.
The way these chains are manufactured is that
you fully ice a bead and you string it on
just like a string of pearls onto a thinner chain
that's underneath that you can't really see
because you've strung them on so tight.
Ultimately, this is not the type of chain
that you want on the field
because that thin chain inside will eventually snap
and I know so from experience.
And when it does snap the beads go everywhere.
Yoenis Céspedes.
So, Yoenis has a completely unique set of chains.
Those are unique links.
They're older.
That's not something that's manufactured nowadays anymore
and that's not something you're gonna find
in the average jewelry store.
The nicest piece he has there by jewelry standards
would be his jersey number pendant.
That's a beautiful piece.
The white gold chain has a unique link.
It's not something manufactured everywhere
and he's got a ring hanging off of one of those.
That's probably a sentimental piece.
I don't know exactly where that's from.
Probably only he does.
MLB players have different styles of wearing their chains
on and off the field but you don't want your chain
to be a major inconvenience.
You want to have it at the right length.
If you have it at the longer length that's a personal choice
but it might become a problem at a critical moment
during the World Series and that's not what you want
costing you the game is a chain flying in your face.
The last thing you want when you're running to home plate
is to look over your shoulder
and see your chain on third base.
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- Inside the lives of athletes like me.
- I let my clothes and my beard do the talking.
- Oh.
Snap.
- Getting pumped.
Getting ready.
- I got a big cross on my back.
It took ten hours just in one go.
- This one hurt so I didn't finish it.
- My mom hates it every time I get one.
- What's up, guys?
- Collecting shoes started when I was in high school.
- I broke the freshman scoring record
NCAA tournament in these.
- [Interviewer] How many?
- 39.
- These might be my favorite though.
I actually barely even wear stuff like this.
- What up, GQ?
- This is my favorite bag.
- I'm a big candle guy.
- Gotta have my cuff links.
- My essential things aren't exciting.
- Golf, absolutely they're essential.
- I never leave home without it.