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^ The game is changing to an extent with the younger generation wanting more flash in their cleats/accessories, but baseball is still a very traditionalsport--more so than football, and much more traditional than basketball. Plus for basketball kicks, Nike will sell shoes to those who want to ball in them andthose who just want to wear them casually... the only thing you can do in baseball cleats is play baseball.
Football is a little different, since black/team and white/team colors are so widely worn nowadays. Still, a lot of the more radical color combos areexclusive to places like Eastbay, an indication that only retailers who can take a huge inventory position can handle the more aggressive colorways.
This just doesn't work for baseball, especially right now in this economy. The majority of consumers will be satisfied with the base colors worn in by MLBteams--black/white, black/orange, royal/white, red/white, white/forest. Any more than that is just a reach to get more product out there. Mizuno has done abunch of black/team and white/team colorways in their 9-spike classic, which I bet is partly an effort to sell more cleats to people like you who want thecustom colors, but also because they can sell a lot of that in Asia.
I wouldn't doubt seeing more colorways in the future, but for now you'll have to settle with what you get on NikeID.
Football is a little different, since black/team and white/team colors are so widely worn nowadays. Still, a lot of the more radical color combos areexclusive to places like Eastbay, an indication that only retailers who can take a huge inventory position can handle the more aggressive colorways.
This just doesn't work for baseball, especially right now in this economy. The majority of consumers will be satisfied with the base colors worn in by MLBteams--black/white, black/orange, royal/white, red/white, white/forest. Any more than that is just a reach to get more product out there. Mizuno has done abunch of black/team and white/team colorways in their 9-spike classic, which I bet is partly an effort to sell more cleats to people like you who want thecustom colors, but also because they can sell a lot of that in Asia.
I wouldn't doubt seeing more colorways in the future, but for now you'll have to settle with what you get on NikeID.