Minoring in Twitter: Indians’ Freeman pays tribute to grandpa’s shoes
By Danny Wild & Kelsie Heneghan / MiLB.com
Indians №19 prospect Tyler Freeman debuted a new look this week, going with what he claims to be his grandfather’s bright-white New Balance walking shoes that he says were turned into cleats.
You’ll notice in the images above, Freeman clearly has a preference for New Balance, sporting two different variations from this season just since June. We’re not sure if he’s saying these current cleats were custom-made by New Balance for him (probably) or if he actually mailed in his grandfather’s sneakers and asked to have them turned into cleats (unlikely but awesome):
He says they’re really comfortable:
His teammates love them, too:
You, too, can get the quintessential dad/grandpa sneaker for $69.99 from New Balance. Even very large dads who wear size 18 can score a pair before heading out to wash the old truck and grill up some hot dogs:
Tyler’s dad tweeted a photo earlier this season showing off the more modern-looking New Balance cleats his son was wearing:
You can read our feature on Tyler here on MiLB.com, too.
Big news, people, Michael Chavis is back! Yes, of course the top Red Sox prospect has been playing since July 2. And yes, he’s been hitting well enough to earn a promotion to Triple-A. But now he’s really back. For the first time since March 28, Chavis resumed his superstitious social media.
Be still hearts of MiT fans. While Chavis has only tweeted 11:11 once since his return to Twitter action, it shan’t be long before he continues his superstitious ways.
Or maybe he can try getting luck from salsa:
Red Sox third base prospect Josh Tobias says Minor Leaguers have weather-predicting powers:
Fun fact: Charleston RiverDogs and Hudson Valley Renegades owner Bill Murray once portrayed a meteorologist in Groundhog Day:
In the Little League World Series, the players are either getting younger and smaller or they’re larger than CC Sabathia:
Ryan Lillie has had enough of Florida and its lack of Animal Style burgers:
Minor Leaguers continue to have strong feelings about young baseball players who are exceedingly nice to each other:
Tribe’s Nelson celebrates bathroom trek on bus
Indians prospect and New York-Penn League Player of the Month for July Hosea Nelson showed off his superhero-esque acrobatic skills in a journey from his seat to the back of the team bus, and he wants everyone to know about it:
Bob Saget was at an International League game:
A’s Minor Leaguer Brendan Butler, who is from Queens, NY, gave his (probably biased) opinion on which state makes the best bacon/egg/cheese:
How many Minor Leaguers pick a Fortnite-themed costume? Over/under is set at 20.
Our friend Trenton Kemp, who hasn’t played in more than a month for Salem, is spending his time on the DL tackling important issues:
He then, in the length of consecutive sentences, says he didn’t know who David Blaine was and that, yes, of course he knows who David Blaine is:
Safe to say we can connect the dots on where his magic poll originated:
Trenton also endured a patience-testing experience at Walmart when the shopper in line ahead of him bent the rules:
He’s also pushing a new personal logo:
And he’s settling a fast-food debate:
