Adidas launched the cleats and selected Holliday to promote them. In the picture, Holliday is seen taking his stance with a baseball bat ... donning the new orange and black Adidas cleats.

(Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register ... to the game at an early age. “Black kids love baseball and they continue to play it at the youth level all across the U.S.,” said Erikk ...

Now, it's attempting to address the dwindling number of Black players in the league ... He says the rising costs of elite youth baseball mean that young players whose families can afford it ...

“Black kids love baseball and they continue to play it at the youth level all across the ... there’s the cost of cleats, bats, helmets, batting gloves and other equipment, said Ayden Wimsatt ...