Dating back to the days of Old Hoss Radbourn, the Top 10 players in baseball has been a hotly debated topic. In recent years, Mike Trout seemed to have the title under lock and key, but this year his face-of-baseball rival, Bryce Harper, has nearly taken that crown by force, producing a […]
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Prior to the inception of “Boost,” adidas had a reputation for firm midsoles constructed of EVA, adiprene (a marginally softer EVA) or adiprene+ (markedly softer than adiprene but often used sparingly). They tried out new techs, Bounce (a series of hard TPU tubes) and climacool (EVA midsoles with holes in […]
By Ben Stockton When Under Armour first came onto the cleat/athletic footwear scene, they utilized standard EVA compounds (the foam found in most midsoles) of varying densities under titles such as ArmourBound and ArmourLastic in their midsoles. These early running and training models shared clunky midsoles and were rarely adopted […]
The swag-sucking tentacles of WPW stretch far and wide. Recently a few photos showed up in our inbox from a D-1 college ballplayer who has been selected to test a couple of Under Armour cleats. One of these cleats is very clearly a Bryce Harper model, and we think we […]
By Ben Stockton (Editor’s Note: WPW adds a new voice today in Ben Stockton. Ben’s been my go-to source for footwear for a couple of years now and I’m thrilled to have him on board as a contributor. He is absurdly knowledgeable with regards to the footwear industry and brings his expertise […]
Feast your eyes on four years’ worth of data on MLB All-Star Game bat usage. Below find a graph of the five companies that have been represented at each of the last four All-Star games: The raw data is here, which includes every brand that was brought to the plate at any […]
So we heard about the custom straps that Evoshield put together for their All-Stars, and they showed up on guys like Joc Pederson, Bryce Harper and Brandon Crawford. View image | gettyimages.com But what stuck out a little more to us was these patterned wrist and elbow guards: View image […]
View image | gettyimages.com Zack Greinke has a 35 and 2/3rds inning scoreless streak. It took Mike Trout about 45 seconds to end that nonsense. Now you may say that Greinke’s regular season streak is still active, which is true. But we all know what happened tonight. Trout faced up […]
Franklin pros abound in the Mid-Summer Classic, and we’ve got the close-ups right here. Where last year Franklin made all of their All-Star exclusives available in limited very limited quantities, this year Franklin is using the big stage to show off a new feature on their gloves, the Powerstrap (Patent […]
We posted them on social media already (even got some Darren Rovell love), but here’s a more in-depth look at both Salvy Perez and Yadi Molina’s gear for tonight’s spectacle, thanks to Rawlings Sports. Salvy’s Rawlings chest protector was an object of desire during Opening Week when we showed it off, and at […]