Baseball shoe with cleat pattern for pitching
A baseball shoe includes an upper section and a sole section. The sole section includes a sole and a plurality of cleats. The sole includes a cleat pattern section and a no-cleat section, wherein the no-cleat section is positioned at a mid toe section of the sole. The cleats are attached to the sole within the cleat pattern section and are grouped into three groups: a heel group of cleats, an outer mid foot-to-toe group of cleats, and an inner mid foot-to-toe group of cleats. The inner mid foot-to-toe group of cleats and/or the outer mid foot-to-toe group of cleats are substantially aligned, such that, when a pitcher wears the baseball shoe, the inner mid foot-to-toe group of cleats or the outer mid foot-to-toe group of cleats engages a pitching rubber.
1. A baseball shoe comprises:
an upper section; and
a sole section coupled to the upper section, wherein the sole section includes:
a sole having a cleat pattern section and a no-cleat section, wherein the no-cleat section is positioned at a mid toe section of the sole; and
a plurality of cleats attached to the sole within the cleat pattern section, wherein the plurality of cleats include a heel group of cleats, an outer mid foot-to-toe group of cleats, and an inner mid foot-to-toe group of cleats, wherein the sole further includes:
a heel section; and
a multiple sloped section proximal to the heel section, wherein:
the heel section has a heel height;
the multiple sloped section has a first height, a second height, and a third height;
the first height is approximately equal to the heel height and is at a first end of the multiple sloped section;
the second height is less than the first height and is at a small toe area of the sole; and
the third height is less than the second height and is at an inner ball of foot area of the sole.
2. The baseball shoe of claim 1 further comprises:
the cleats of the inner mid foot-to-toe group of cleats are in substantial alignment along a straight line or arced line from a big toe area of the sole to a ball of foot area of the sole.
3. The baseball shoe of claim 1 further comprises:
the cleats of the outer mid foot-to-toe group of cleats are in substantial alignment along a straight line or arced line from a little toe area of the sole to an outer mid foot area of the sole.
4. The baseball shoe of claim 1 , wherein the no-cleat section comprises:
a substantially flat region of the sole, wherein the mid toe section of the sole is positioned between a small toe area of the sole, a big toe area of the sole, and a mid foot area of the sole, and wherein the no-cleat section is void of cleats.
5. The baseball shoe of claim 1 , wherein a cleat of the plurality of cleats comprises at least one of:
a plastic cleat;
a rubber cleat; and
a metal cleat.
6. The baseball shoe of claim 1 , wherein the heel group of cleats comprises:
a first cleat positioned on an outer heel edge of the sole; and
a second cleat positioned on an inner heel edge of the sole.
7. The baseball shoe of claim 1 , wherein a cleat of the plurality of cleats comprises:
a notch for engaging a pitching rubber.
8. A baseball shoe comprises:
an upper section; and
a sole section coupled to the upper section, wherein the sole section includes:
a sole; and
a plurality of cleat receptacles within the sole, wherein the plurality of cleat receptacles include a heel group of cleat receptacles, an outer mid foot-to-toe group of cleat receptacles, and an inner mid foot-to-toe group of cleat receptacles, wherein the sole includes:
a heel section; and
a multiple sloped section proximal to the heel section, wherein:
the heel section has a heel height;
the multiple sloped section has a first height, a second height, and a third height;
the first height is approximately equal to the heel height and is at a first end of the multiple sloped section;
the second height is less than the first height and is at a small toe area of the sole; and
the third height is less than the second height and is at an inner ball of foot area of the sole.
9. The baseball shoe of claim 8 , wherein the sole further comprises:
a mid toe section that includes a cleat receptacle, wherein the mid toe is positioned between a small toe area of the sole, a big toe area of the sole, and a mid foot area of the sole, wherein, when the baseball shoe is worn on a drive leg of a pitcher, the cleat receptacle of the mid toe section is empty and, when the baseball shoe is worn on a plant leg of a pitcher, the cleat receptacle of the mid toe section includes a cleat.
10. The baseball shoe of claim 8 , wherein a cleat receptacle of the plurality of cleat receptacles comprises at least one of:
a plastic cleat receptacle;
a rubber cleat receptacle; and
a metal cleat receptacle.
11. The baseball shoe of claim 8 further comprises:
cleat receptacles of the inner mid foot-to-toe group of cleat receptacles are in substantial alignment along a straight line or arced line from a big toe area of the sole to a ball of foot area of the sole.
12. The baseball shoe of claim 8 further comprises:
the cleat receptacles of the outer mid foot-to-toe group of cleat receptacles are in substantial alignment along a straight line or arced line from a little toe area of the sole to an outer mid foot area of the sole.
13. The baseball shoe of claim 8 , wherein the heel group of cleat receptacles comprises:
a first cleat receptacle positioned on an outer heel edge of the sole; and
a second cleat receptacle positioned on an inner heel edge of the sole.