The Nike glove department has been operating more like an art studio of late, treating each professional custom glove like a blank canvas, as we saw recently on guys like Ian Kinsler and Andrew McCutchen. The latest guy to hit the Swag Lottery? One of Nike’s most spoiled athletes, Shane Victorino. […]
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George Springer, the #21 prospect in baseball and a guy who nearly went 40/40 in the minors last year, sent us some great shots of the Nike gloves he just got in today. He shared this one on Instagram, which looks a whole lot like Carlos Gonzalez’ from last year […]
Rob Li spotted these for us, a rare find, Mike Trout’s special make-up Nike metal cleats available on eBay. If you need a refresher on these, visit Trout’s profile. The auction ends at 3:51 Pacific time today. UPDATE: Somebody snagged ’em for $350. Was it one of us? I hope. […]
BY WILL STARTUP There are many things to look forward to in Spring Training, but for a sneakerhead, one stands out from the rest. Everyone is getting new gear. Boxes are opened up by the dozens and the smell of new leather from the gloves and fresh cleats permeates the […]
We got some great looks at Nike’s custom leather work for the 2014 season thanks to @t_vett. See Part 1 here. We showed you Kurt Suzuki’s new Nike SHA|DO BF1483 catcher’s mitt, and here’s a closer look. Notice the mesh back and “808” inscription, an ode to Suzuki’s home state of […]
Big scoop for WPW today. We received some shots from the desk of Nike’s custom glove developer, @t_vett, who showed off some of @NikeBaseball‘s best work for the upcoming season. Its a treasure trove of bad-ass Japanese-imported leather and we’ll start you off with Yankees horse, CC Sabathia: Stephen Strasburg: […]
We were just digging for gold on the internet and came across these photos of Kurt Suzuki working in a Nike SHA|DO BF1483 with a custom Japanese inscription. These might be available if you hunt, but everywhere we looked they were out of stock. The only places we saw that […]
Editor’s Note: Lately we’ve been trying to offer some objective assistance on your 2014 footwear choices. Those are our choices, but are they indicative of pro baseball at large? In this article, Daniel Klein is taking you into the Blue Jays Spring Training headquarters in Dunedin, FL to see the top […]
We promised you we’d get more looks at this beauty, and thanks to the Colorado Rockies team photographers, Clarkson Creative (Website/Instagram/Twitter), we finally have some better looks at Carlos Gonzalez’ new Nike “White Snow” H-Web glove. Clarkson Creative, the Rockies team photographers since the inception of the franchise in ’93, are […]
There comes a time when you’ve looked at enough cleats, just based on sheer hours of time spent, that your opinion on the subject has to matter. These are the best baseball cleats for the 2014 season, from 6 people who spend too much damn time looking at baseball cleats. […]