Patent attributes
A simplified sole structure for a baseball spiked shoe can improve cushioning properties of a heel region of the sole structure and can enhance comfort when wearing the shoe. The baseball spiked shoe includes a first midsole of a soft elastic member that is disposed at a heel central portion of the shoe, a second midsole of a soft elastic member that is disposed around and outwardly e.g. horizontally away from the first midsole via a circumferential groove therebetween and that is integrated with or unitary as one unit with the first midsole, and an outsole plate of a hard elastic member that is disposed on lower surfaces of the first and second midsoles, that has a plurality of spikes fitted thereon, and that has a hardness greater than a respective hardness of each of the first and second midsoles.