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They sometimes get overshadowed by the corporate giants in baseball footwear, but Easton has done some really incredible work over the past few years.  They do two things in particular really well: they make a great cleat, and they hook up almost all of their MLB players with really nice looking PE’s.

Dustin Pedroia Mojo Athcleat All-Star PE

As you can see, they really pulled out all the stops for their All-Star Game Mojo Athcleat PE’s.  Each shoe featured a self screened Yankee Stadium mural that changes depending on the light, an “NYC 2008″ graphic on the outer heel (with Babe Ruth’s face as one of the zeros), team-colored midsole / upper accents, a chrome outsole, gold cleats, player names by the laces, and player numbers or logos on the heel. Dustin Pedroia’s PE’s appear above; the player exclusives they produced for Hanley Ramirez, Aramis Ramirez, and Cristian Guzman are pictured below.

Thanks to Michael Pratt for the photos.

Hanley Ramirez Mojo Athcleat All-Star PE

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9 Comments / Jul 16.08 / MLB / by Mark

One of my favorite things about the MLB All-Star cleats is the fact that it’s the only day that players wear colorways that they couldn’t wear otherwise.  They’re able to disregard the “dominant cleat color” uniform rule and wear whatever they want, which means that we’ve seen a lot of white, grey, silver, and non-team colored cleats over the past few years. Even though I’ve always gravitated towards more conservative designs in baseball, I always look forward to seeing the bizarre colorways from the Midsummer Classic.

This year, there were so many All-Star PE’s that I actually had to split the ASG footwear into two posts (new releases post is here).  The top PE’s appear below.

It’s not much of a surprise that Alex Rodriguez wore a white PE of his signature cleat — he’s worn white Shox cleats at the All-Star Game for the past few years.  This PE featured embroidery on each cleat (the date on the shoe above, and “NEW YORK” on his other cleat), and additional views are available here and here.
(Photo by Nick Laham / Getty Images)

Albert Pujols wore the most attractive white PE in the game — they’re pretty simple, but they’re my favorite model from last night.  These featured a Nike Air Max MVP upper, a 5-Tool Zoom Air midsole, and a white MCS outsole.  Unfortunately, not too many photos of these were out there tonight… this is the only other decent view I could find.  If anyone has any better shots of these, please get in touch.
(Photo by Jim McIsaac / Getty Images)

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5 Comments / Jul 16.08 / MLB / by Mark