San Clemente-based Stance Inc. now provides the official Major League Baseball sock.
The company’s “Fusion Baseball” line will debut as part of uniforms at this year’s All-Star Game, scheduled for July 12 in San Diego.
Participants in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby and all members of the National League and American League teams “will each have specific designs,” Stance said, and “basic stripe and solid colorways will be worn by major leaguers for the remainder of the 2016 season.”
“We have been eyeing [the MLB uniform] for years as a potential canvas for the unique style Stance can bring,” Clarke Miyasaki, executive vice president of business development. “We can’t wait to work with the league to bring an incredible performance sock to the best players in the world.”
The multiyear deal with MLB comes about a year after Stance’s product became the official sock of the National Basketball Association.
The company also makes underwear, and finished last year with an estimated $180 million in revenue. It is the 20th largest apparel maker based in OC by local employee count, with 141 workers here and 149 companywide.
