My old friend Steven Rosch posted a link to an SI article about the next big thing in baseball equipment on my Facebook timeline. I know you have to move along with the times, but this, this is an abomination. I understand not all gloves are made of leather; you frequently read about poor kids […]
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Sports Illustrated
A ballplayer’s best friend is his or her glove. You might be willing to let someone use your bat, but a mitt? Now that’s too personal. With all the books I read, I look forward to the unusual and Glove Affairs: The Romance, History, and Tradition of the Baseball Glove, by Noah Liberman, fits that […]
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Noah Liberman
(Because I keep some old gloves on my bookshelf…) While looking for some artwork for the piece on the Forbes baseball special, I came across this 2001 article from the magazine on why they’re not making baseball gloves like they used to. Upshot: [T]oday’s inactive, rushed-to- slaughter, feedlot cattle don’t have hides as strong and […]
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