Wilson fined for orange cleats.

[Ted Cunningham]

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I found it interesting that the cleats must be 50% or more the team's dominant color. Does this mean the color they designate for cleats, i.e. black for Pittsburgh, and white for Oakland? Or does it mean they have to be the main color of the team's color scheme? I can't fathom it'd be the latter, but the article almost makes it sound that way.

[Bouj]

I think it is 50% of the "designated color", which would be black in this case (or white for Oakland, red for Philly, etc.). I remember Lukas explaining it in an All-Star Game article he wrote a few years back. The rule is suspended for ASG's, so it's a shoe free-for-all.

[Gothamite]

Good for MLB.

Now start cracking down on pyjama pants.

[north dakota]

Who cares about the color of someone's cleats.

[Gothamite]

Pretty much anyone interested in sports logos and uniforms.

[Sport Billy]

all cleats in all sports should be solid black - simple as that.

[Billy B]

I remember Aramis Ramirez got fined for his cleats once. I think he had too much gray on the cleats he wore for road games.

[epper]

all cleats in all sports should be solid black - simple as that.

Wrong.

I hate when teams wear black cleats when there is little or no black in their identity. The Dodgers, Cardinals, Royals, Rangers, A's and Phillies are the only teams that have figured this out.

You can't tell me that this:

Looks better than this:

[THUNDA]

How are they going to make players cover up tattoos because they're too much of a distraction and not crack down on highlighter-colored cleats. I'm glad they acted on this.

[tBBP]

all cleats in all sports should be solid black - simple as that.

But see then we wouldn't have such cool nicknames as Billy "White Shoes" Johnson.

Ironically enough, the one team in the NFL that I feel absolutely should have black cleats insists on sticking with white cleats, even though black is one of their team colors...the Pittsburgh Steelers.

[patsox]

i guess david ortiz's red highlighted cleats check in just under 50% or somewhere thereabouts.

btw i love those (and so does joe morgan, fml). i have a soccer ball that looks like them.

[The_Admiral]

I wonder if the Orioles would have to wear 51% orange cleats.

[Chawls]

all cleats in all sports should be solid black - simple as that.

Wrong.

I hate when teams wear black cleats when there is little or no black in their identity. The Dodgers, Cardinals, Royals, Rangers, A's and Phillies are the only teams that have figured this out.

You can't tell me that this:

Looks better than this:

Epper's right. Simple as that.

[Chawls]

Double post. Sorry. My computer's being a glitch today.

[Buster]

Good for MLB.

Now start cracking down on pyjama pants.

Or at least Manny...mandate the use of soap.

This is ridiculous, his cleats are the team's colors!

[knnhrvy16]

Funny that it was the Marlins who brought this to the surface. There was a yahoo article about the Marlins manager complaining about them, yet Hanley Ramirez sports those metallic cleats every now and then. But that's not my main concern, it's the fact that someone was whining about a distraction at all. It's not like he came out to the mound with a rainbow Afro on. He just has a pair of cleats that are his teams secondary color. If that is such a distraction to hitters these days, then the standards for professional hitting must be really low. And since it's part of his equipment, what would they say if he had say, an orange mitt? Or if Pablo Sabdoval or Travis Ishikawa had orange wristbands? I mean, is a secondary color that distracting? I can understand if he was wearing a lime green Flava Flav style clock necklace, but really, cleats that are a teams secondary color? That's a ridiculous thing to complain about.

[loogodude90]

all cleats in all sports should be solid black - simple as that.

Wrong.

I hate when teams wear black cleats when there is little or no black in their identity. The Dodgers, Cardinals, Royals, Rangers, A's and Phillies are the only teams that have figured this out.

You can't tell me that this:

Looks better than this:

Hmm. To be honest, i think they both look good. If anything, it gives the Angels some originality among the red teams.

[Gothamite]

Looking at those two, I vastly prefer the black shoes. Something about too many elements in the same color bothers me.

[sportsguy]

Looking at those two, I vastly prefer the black shoes. Something about too many elements in the same color bothers me.

You and I are on opposite ends of the spectrum. The Phillies wearing red cleats is a great look, as it is for the Cardinals, Dodgers and other teams that wear team colors on their cleats.

[kbaker19]

Plain black or white cleats bore me to death. Add some color in them. I can't believe they fined him for that. If it was a glove, understandable, but not cleats.