Tag: baseball glove

Retro Glove

Shoeless-Joe-JacksonEven though he was banned from the game following the Black Sox Scandal in 1920, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson is still a real legend in baseball. So it is fitting that the Handmade Baseball Gloves offers the 1937 Fielder’s Glove by Shoeless Joe Gloves, a retro looking glove is custom-made by hand from high quality materials, specially aged, hand oiled and even professionally broken-in.

It looks like something that would come straight out of the cornfields and from a time before million dollar salaries.

Handmade Baseball Gloves: 1937 Fielder’s Glove by Shoeless Joe Gloves

For the Love of the Gloves

Baseball-GloveWe recently came across two stories – both involving baseball gloves. Over in Boston 60-year old Robert Megerdichian – who spends his days converting blueprints to computer-aided designs for landlords and engineers – spends his nights and weekends repairing baseball gloves. He reportedly started when watching his adult son play baseball in a men’s league in Cambridge.

Megerdichian discovered that rather than repairing old gloves the players typically bought new ones, and he figured out how to breathe new life into the old gloves. He doesn’t actually sew but instead starts off with a good cleaning using Murphy Oil Soap, then replaces the laces and gives the glove a shoe polish treatment. The result is a glove that gets some added life.

Over in Hartford, Connecticut 62-year old David Katz doesn’t restore old gloves, he’s found success in breaking the gloves in. He’s been selling and breaking in gloves for the past 35 years. Exactly what is involved in breaking in a glove Katz won’t say, but it takes about a week.

Perhaps the two should talk about their love of the gloves!

[Via The Hartford Courant: Meriden Businessman Finds Success Breaking In Baseball Gloves]
[Via Boston Business Journal: CRE man’s hobby: He’ll restore your old baseball glove]

Leather Head Above

Leather-HeadApril means the start of baseball season, at least for some players. While the pros may have taken the field those who aren’t paid to play will wait for the better weather, which is good because the Leather Head Baseball Gloves require about six to eight weeks before you can actually put it on your hand. These are made by veteran craftsman using the highest-quality materials. So even if you aren’t worthy of the big leagues your hand won’t know the difference.

Leather Head Official Website

A Glove to Love

Whether baseball is really America’s pastime is left open to debate, as is whether a quality glove will improve the game? For those who want to see if it is true – that a serious glove will turn anyone in an all-star – there is the Mixuno Pro Limited Edition Glove.

This is $500 worth of not just leather but Deguchi Tanned Northern European Kit leather, and it has been engineered with special “Speed Drive” technology to have a perfectly balanced position to provide the wearer with the fastest reaction and best response possible. And this isn’t really just a single glove meant for any position – instead the company has provided specifically tailored for eight different field positions including first base and catcher.

This is a serious glove and deserves serious respect, so for the money Mizuno will provide “off-season conditioning including maintenance such as re-lacing, felt replacement and web-replacement to ensure it always fits like a glove.

Mizuno Pro Glove Official Website
[Via GearPatrol: Mizuno Pro Limited Edition Glove]