Flashy footwear is a feature of this year's World Baseball Classic.
Custom cleats are shown Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in New York. Many players in this year's World Baseball Classicwhere Alex Katz is a pitcher on Israel's team, will be wearing custom-designed cleats produced by his company Stadium Custom Kicks. , he’ll be wearing bright silver cleats with blue Stars of David inside each Nike swoosh.
When Israel plays its Group D opener against Nicaragua at Miami on Sunday, Katz’s cleats will feature the Mensch on a Bench mascot of Israel’s team, the Western Wall, Haifa. The 28-year-old left-hander’s shoes even have multicolor reflective soles. “The White Sox were kind of old school at the time,” Katz said. “I had black Nike cleats. The only thing white on them was a little bit on the toe and the Nike swoosh. And he said, `Hey Alex, like you have to Sharpie it out.′ So they were very strict.”
Through 2018, Major League Baseball’s collectively bargained shoe standards were more akin to a military dress code. At least 51% of a cleat’s exterior had to be the team’s designated primary shoe color and the rule mandated “color must be evenly distributed.” Teams determined the design and players were forced to wear shoes “compatible with their club’s design and color scheme.
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