The Big Amish has taken over the baseball world. Heck, there’s already a Big Amish T-shirt that has been produced and was distributed to the lockers of several players inside the Athletics clubhouse at Sutter Health Park on Monday afternoon.

Athletics rookie first baseman Nick Kurtz won his second consecutive AL Player of the Week award, MLB announced Monday, to no one’s surprise.

The Athletics return home after sweeping the Houston Astros to face the Seattle Mariners and Cal Raleigh, MLB's current home run leader.

Nick Kurtz just had a wild game as a rookie for the Athletics ... was given a baseball at birth. Kurtz is nicknamed the "Big Amish," but not because he's Amish - it's because Lancaster, where he is from, has a large Amish population, according to USA ...