Drew Brees’ Cleats Honor Baseball Legends (twitter.com)

It may be Super Wild Card Weekend in the NFL, but it’s always a good time to talk baseball, regardless of the month or season. Saints quarterback Drew Brees is bringing the two sports together on Sunday — with his cleats. The custom shoes he’ll be wearing as New Orleans

It may be Super Wild Card Weekend in the NFL, but it’s always a good time to talk baseball, regardless of the month or season. Saints quarterback Drew Brees is bringing the two sports together on Sunday — with his cleats. The custom shoes he’ll be wearing as New Orleans takes on the Bears feature some of his favorite baseball players, according to a tweet from the Saints.

The cleats have the Saints’ black and gold color scheme, with four baseball Hall of Famers’ images, names and numbers — one on the inside and one on the outside of each shoe. They feature Ken Griffey Jr. in a Mariners uniform and Satchel Paige in his Monarchs’ No. 25. There’s also Nolan Ryan with the Rangers, a fellow Texan like Brees.

The final player is Ted Williams, whose No. 9 is the reason that Brees dons that digit for the Saints.

When Brees played in the 2016 All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game, he said: “Ted Williams was always my guy. Purest hitter of all time, the Splendid Splinter.”

Sarah Langs is a reporter/editor for MLB.com based in New York. Follow her on Twitter @SlangsOnSports.



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