by softball66 » October 5th, 2006, 10:31 am
Hadn't thought about Hurricane. I'm not sure the name was that long, but I'll check. When Dave B. and I purchased the 400 gloves in Kansas in 1991, there were 30 or 40 Hurricanes in there, probably from early 1960s. Not well made with usual hard leather. I think they may have borrowed the name from the great end of season that Bob "Hurricane" Hazle had with Milwaukee in late 1957 when he came up from minors like "a Hurricane". Musta made a ton of these 'cane gloves because I see them on eBay too.
Good idea Brett to develop, like you say, an eye for a glove you "just like"; what the heck if it's collectible or not. Good leather, well made. I like the D&Rs out of Canada for this reason. Mexican glove makers are good, don't doubt that; fine leather craftsmen there.
So far I've owned gloves from Canada, Mexico and England (made there during WWII I suspect).
About 10 years ago and I still pinch myself for this, picked up a 1930s Mizuno buckleback catchers mitt at antique mall. Earliest I'd seen and probably not an import, maybe something brought back from WWII occupation forces. Mizuno was quite a force in Japan and now in our's and world market for sporting goods merchandise. They have a small US plant in Georgia that turns out pro stock for MLPlayers.