Astros Rookie Breaks Out Batman Cleats

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Five years ago, then-San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson was fined $1000 by Major League Baseball for, essentially, his bright orange cleats being “a little too bright, too flashy”.

The bearded one grabbed a black marker and voila…“Nike Air Sharpies”.

Something tells me Lance McCullers Jr. won’t have those same issues as his new cleats suffer from a severe case of awesome.

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Holy fastballs, Batman! Just in time for his big league debut, the Houston Astros first round pick in the 2012 Draft broke out some custom Dark Knight kicks.

So, how did Houston’s new caped crusader do in his debut? Dude gave up one run on three hits while striking out five in just under five innings of work.

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