Homer Bailey Second Career No-Hitter shoes

Date2013 July 02

DescriptionBlack leather and nylon mesh shoes, size 13, with three white stripes on both the inner and outer sides. Right shoe has rubber toe reinforcement. Each shoe has black laces along with black tongues with an "Adidas" logo. Undersides of the tongues have manufacturer labels with sizing information. Inner soles have "Adidas Baseball" in white lettering. Heels have a black fabric loop at the top with the lower portion being white with a silver manufacturer logo and "34" handwritten in black ink below. Each shoe has an MLB Authentication hologram sticker to the right of the logo on the heel. Bottom soles are black and white plastic with seven metal spikes.

Bio/Historical Note*Rick Stowe has been asked not to continue marking the pieces with his initials before sending them to the Hall of Fame.|Shoes worn by Cincinnati Reds pitcher Homer Bailey when he recorded his second career no-hitter on July 2, 2013. Bailey threw Major League Baseball's last no-hitter on September 28, 2012 and pitched his second to lead the Reds to a 3-0 over the San Francisco Giants. Bailey became the first pitcher since Nolan Ryan in 1974 and 1975 to throw two no-hitters without another big league pitcher accomplishing the feat between his.

Object numberB-2013-0162

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Adidas AG

Subject Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Subject Bailey, Homer, 1986-

Attributes

Classificationsuniforms

Dimensions4.5 x 6 x 13.5 in.

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