Gotta Be The Shoes?
Via the WSJ -
Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang is on his way to Michael Jordan-status. Despite allowing an astounding 1.59 runs per inning-pitched this season, the right-hander recently helped design his own shoe. It’ll have baseball-like stitches and Mr. Wang’s jersey number, 40, on the inner-tongue. But here’s the problem: the righty’s struggles could lead to a demotion to the minors. The shoe should be released in Taiwan — where he was born — in early July. If Mr. Wang’s numbers don’t improve, he might not be in the Majors by then.
Well, if Mr. October can have Reggie Bars, Rick Cerone can have “10″ Jeans, Scooter can have the Money Store, Joltin’ Joe can have Mr. Coffee, Thurm Munson can have Aqua Velva, and Derek Jeter can sell anything under the sun…then, why can’t the Wanger pitch some kicks?
Then again, I can just hear the jokes now…if you buy a pair of Chien-Ming Wang sneakers, for no additional charge, you’ll also get a recording of Brian Cashman telling you not to workout your legs and risk the chance of suffering a recurrence of a lisfranc problem.
