UNDEFEATED and Converse honor Brooklyn Dodgers roots with Chuck 70 tribute

UNDEFEATED and Converse have given the Chuck 70 a sharper kind of mythology, swapping throwback nostalgia for a Brooklyn Dodgers tribute that feels tailored, rare, and self-aware. The shoe’s black ostrich-textured upper, baby-blue heel branding, and archival Dodgers details keep the palette restrained while the story does the heavy lifting. At $110, style code A21717C, it lands like a premium sneaker rather than a museum piece, which is exactly why it works.

The choice of the Dodgers matters because this is not just baseball decoration. The franchise spent 26 seasons in Brooklyn before Walter O’Malley moved it to Los Angeles, and Dodger Stadium opened on April 10, 1962, after the team’s interim years at the Coliseum. That arc gives the Chuck 70 unusual cultural reach: Brooklyn grit, Los Angeles glamour, and a fan base that has lived in both cities’ imaginations for decades. In sneaker terms, it is the sort of history that turns a familiar silhouette into a fresh object.

The release itself was tightly controlled. The pair launched on April 20, 2026, after an EQL raffle opened on April 17 at 12 p.m. ET and closed on April 19 at 12 p.m. ET. It sold through UNDEFEATED stores, Undefeated.com, MLB.com, the MLB Flagship Store in New York City, and the Dodgers Team Store, underscoring how deliberately the project bridged streetwear and team merch without losing either audience. Coverage also identified the drop as limited, which only heightens the appeal of a Chuck 70 rendered with this much narrative weight.

UNDEFEATED, founded in 2002, knows how to turn a sneaker into a cultural signal, and this collaboration leans into that instinct. Futura and Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto were part of the campaign rollout, adding art-world edge and on-field credibility to a shoe that already carries its own iconography. MLB described the collaboration as a tribute to a team that is “inextricably woven” into civic identity in both Brooklyn and Los Angeles, and the line explains the project’s appeal neatly: it is not trying to invent a new legend, only validating one that already existed. The Dodgers have long used Brooklyn-era imagery in heritage apparel and Jackie Robinson Day uniforms, and this Chuck 70 fits squarely into that lineage, with a cleaner, more wearable finish.