Recently, Nike announced the launch of a collaboration series with Ken Griffey Jr., a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Inspired by his character and career experience, it has launched a total of Air Griffey Max 1, Air Max 90, Air Force 1 Low and Air VaporMax Plus as a model. The four shoes made by, in order to highlight the legend and extraordinary of this baseball superstar-Ken Griffey Jr is a major league player, left, left, outfielder; both long hit and defensive, career record 630 all Baseball, 2781 hits, a batting rate of 0.284, and a long hit rate of 0.538; he officially retired in 2010 and was elected to the American Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.3% of votes in 2019.
Back to this shoe. Among them, the Air Griffey Max 1 is highlighted by the color scheme. Based on the white shoe body, it points the main axis to the Seattle Mariners’ iconic “blue-green color scheme”. The shoe body is embellished with black, red and gold Swoosh on the forefoot; The insole is additionally printed with the words “The Sweetest Swing”, and the side “24” is the retired back number of Ken Griffey Jr.. The second pair of shoes, Air Max 90, obviously incorporates baseball stitching into the design elements. In addition, a “reverse hat” pattern is specially designed as a tribute, just because this star loves to wear the hat back in the past. As for the third Air Force 1 Low, it is related to Ken Griffey Sr., the father of the same major league star. The left foot is made of Ken Griffey Jr., including the “24” back number and the “Jr” on the insole. The right foot is represented by Ken Griffey Sr.’s “30” back number and “Sr” insole. The last one is Air VaporMax Plus, which is based on Air Max Plus plus VaporMax air cushion device; the design is inspired by Ken Griffey Jr.’s classic outfield catch called “Spiderman”. The insole pattern is back number 24 with blue-green color. The spider web totem, and the upper is black and white, and some are embellished with blue and green.
The Nike Ken Griffey Jr. collection will be launched on June 25 Nike On sale. Prices range from $110 to $210.
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