little background on the Trapeze

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little background on the Trapeze

Postby softball66 » February 24th, 2009, 9:27 am

Thought you fellows would enjoy Dave Grob's MEARS article on the Trapeze glove.
http://www.mearsonline.com/news/newsDetail.asp?id=591
My idea was that Harry converted the trapper mitt idea to a glove. But the Trapeze had an interesting history in that it was snubbed for the XPG models for awhile until the Wizard of Oz brought it back.
The Trapeze glove, to me, provides a "catching experience" unlike the normal hinged glove the A2s XPGs etc. It's the action of that "6th Finger" that mostly accomplishes this feeling.
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