Update, November 6: The Jordan 11 Retro MCS “Space Jam” cleat is out now.
Jordan Brand’s Space Jam anniversary has a baseball pair too. The Jordan 11 Retro MCS “Space Jam” puts the Air Jordan 11’s upper on a studded cleat. It came out Thursday, November 5, at $225, on Nike’s SNKRS listing.
Why a baseball 11
Space Jam starts with baseball. Jordan left the NBA in 1993 and spent 1994 with the Birmingham Barons, the Chicago White Sox’s Double-A team. He hit .202 in 127 games, says MLB’s history of his time there.
The film picks up from there. Early on, a UFO passes over the Barons’ stadium while Jordan strikes out, as Grantland’s breakdown of the film recalls. He’s still a minor-league ballplayer when the Looney Tunes pull him into their game. Thirty years on, Nike’s Space Jam 30th announcement names an Air Jordan 11 Baseball Cleat in the collection: this pair.
Lapis from toe to stud plate
Nike names the colourway Lapis/Off Noir. In its photos the upper is one shade of lapis blue-purple from toe to collar. The laces, collar lining and midsole are black. The stud plate is lapis as well, and the Jumpman on the ankle is tonal.
Underneath, the 11’s translucent outsole is swapped for a foam midsole and a plate of studs. Nike’s product notes list a smooth synthetic leather upper, perforated on the toe and sides for airflow, and a mid-cut collar. Nike’s top-down shot shows a Space Jam graphic on the insoles.
Can you still get a pair?
It’s out now on SNKRS, in men’s sizes 7 to 18. Nike’s own stock data shows 13 of 15 sizes still in. Nike’s listing settled the price at $225, after some sneaker press had guessed $200. It still isn’t on Nike’s UK or Spanish SNKRS calendars, so there’s no UK or EU date. It came out the same day the Space Jam 30th collection opened, led by the Air Jordan 1 Low SE “Magic Ball”.
For players, it was never likely to be hard to get. A baseball cleat has a far smaller crowd than a basketball 11, and it scores 30 on our hype bar (estimated). The real queue in this collection is for the Air Jordan 11 “Space Jam”, which our leak post has for December 12. More Jordan drops on our Jordan page.
