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Nike is honoring NY Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang with his own pair of Nike Air Max 1. Chien-Ming Wang originally from Taiwan pitched in the very first game at the new Yankee Stadium and is currently expecting his first child so his own Air Max 1 will be icing on the cake for the pitcher. The sneaker is made from the the same premium leather as a baseball glove but instead of the usual brown leather, this sneaker features premium white baseball glove leather. Other nice details include his number, #40 on the inner tongue, a play on an image of a pitch into his surname “王” on the top side of the tongue and of course gold baseball like stitching through out the sneaker. Look for this sneaker at Nike Taiwan retailers on Friday, July 10th with a limited worldwide release later on. Via Freshness
10 Responses to “Nike Air Max 1 Premium Chien-Ming Wang”
June 13th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Done wit d best intentions, but not my flavas
June 13th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
this dudes about to lose his spot in the yankees rotation and go back to the minors and he still gets his own air max?
June 14th, 2009 at 12:51 am
Maybe these will help him bring his ERA down..lol..GO SOX!
June 14th, 2009 at 3:04 am
there’s a lot of money floating around in taiwan and china for nike shoes.
June 14th, 2009 at 3:10 am
youve got to think of it this way. i do not mean to sound racist, for i myself am from Taiwan, but when one thinks of asian baseball players in the majors they 99.9% of the time immediately think of the japanese, which is true. having someone from a small young nation like Taiwan make it big is an honor, and what better way to honor them by making them a special shoe available in their home nation where they are considered in many persons eyes a hero
June 14th, 2009 at 5:26 am
I agree that it makes no sense to give arguably the worst pitcher in baseball his own shoe.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
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Why is everyone hating!
I haven’t got much interest in baseball and don’t know who this dude is but why shouldn’t they give him is own shoe in his home land? It not like it a worldwide release and you will have to see it at your local footlocker.
Its done to honour him in his homeland where i’m sure he has a huge following and the kicks will sell out first day.
Get over it and stop hating!
June 14th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
these are decent, nike didn’t overwork them and make them look corny
June 15th, 2009 at 4:02 am
Apparently this is not made for you haters.
You don’t like it, don’t buy it.
October 17th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
I think these Wang edition Nike air max are so nice. I have a pair myself and I think they look fantastic on. There so well made and also stop hating. I’m privalaged to own a pair of wang nike.