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In his historic career, Michael Jordan never wore the ninth shoe in his signature line in an NBA game. In fact, the Jordan 9s more associated with His Airness’ time on the baseball diamond than on the court.
Jordan Brand is honoring the GOAT’s baseball career with a specialized Jordan 9 resembling baseball mitts.
Dubbed “Baseball Glove,” the shoe is made up of black premium leather in the upper with the texture of baseball gloves complete with stitching.
The no. 45 also appears on the heel, a tribute to the jersey number Jordan wore when he played with the Birmingham Barons, the Chicago White Sox’ Double-A affiliate.
Aside from the black pairs, there will also be as a more limited brown version hitting the market.
And as per SneakerNews.com, each pair of “Baseball Gloves” will be wrapped so customers won’t know what colorway they bought before they actually pop the shoes off the package.
The brown colorway is made of the same material as the black ones but the number stitched on the heel will be the no. 35, Jordan’s jersey number when he played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League.