The Tornado Palm glove is also an elusive mitt for collectors. April 1, 2013— -- My affection for a very old baseball glove I've owned since I was a kid was tinged with greed this spring and I ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Baseball fielder's mitt from around ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Are the laces broken? The fingers floppy? The leather cracked from leaving it outside in the rain? You need to call the Lonettis. Jim and Dom Lonetti are ...
With spring almost here, flea markets and yard sales beckon bargain hunters. Even if you’re a casual shopper at such venues, I believe that with some effort and luck a new guide for sale on eBay will ...
Summertime mornings I’d whip a rubber ball against our schoolyard brick wall, inventing bottom-of-the-ninth-inning cliff-hangers. In each one, my slingshot throw from centerfield beat any New York ...
A Lou Gehrig autographed baseball mitt c. 1935 went for $287,500 on Tuesday as part of the MLB All-Star FanFest in Minneapolis. The auction was held by at Hunt Auctions. The glove was given by Lou ...
To round out our series on the the design of baseball equipment, let’s take a brief look at the baseball glove. Unlike the baseball bat or the baseball itself, the glove was not initially a part of ...
Plenty of sporting goods stores are eager to sell you a brand new baseball glove. Finding someone you trust to repair that worn, beloved – or sometimes lucky – mitt is a lot more challenging. That’s ...
With the baseball season settling in, luxury retailer Hermes has an item for those 1 percenters who want to throw the ball around: a $14,100 hand-stitched, "gold swift calfskin" glove. Of course, the ...
Baseball's opening day is right around the corner and one company will be paying close attention. Nokona is the last remaining glove maker that still produces the gloves in the U.S. for MLB players.
MINNEAPOLIS --Baseball fans are rejoicing. After a long winter, Major League Baseball is back and the Twins will open the season in Kansas City. But here at home, a Minneapolis man is making sure ...
About 100 miles northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth, after passing untold pastures of crops and cattle, sits the town of Nocona, Texas, population 3,000. It’s home of the Nokona baseball glove factory — ...