Baseball is finally back in the States. After a long winter, the MLB season is officially underway, and there have already been some highlight sneaker moments throughout the league. We’ve seen Shohei Ohtani make history once again, becoming the first baseball player to get his collaboration on the New Balance 990v6 and Nigel Sylvester’s Air Jordan 4 make headlines on Opening Day when Mookie Betts sported the potential candidate for sneaker of the year. However, Nike wants to collaborate with an overseas league, the NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball), and the Yomiuri Giants from Tokyo on the Air Max 90.
The Yomiuri Giants heavily borrowed their aesthetic and color palette from the New York Giants (now the San Fransico Giants) when they were formed in 1930, so the color palette and font used may seem familiar to those unaware of the backstory. For their debut Nike project, the team covers the Air Max 90 in a black leather, mesh, and smooth nubuck build. Coating most of the sneaker in dark hues. Pops of orange emerge on the Swoosh along the midfoot and the logo within the “TYO” logo on the tongue and heel tab.
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