Glove works was kind enough to send the glove collector some snaps of his A2000 and XPG models which we used on our lead story in the latest glove newsletter. Thanks again MIKE!!!!@@
Now, Bob Clevenhagen the glove designer at Rawlings emailed me after getting his issue that he hadn't realized how close in pattern they were. Mike let us know that the XPGs seemed to be heavier and more padded. A 1950s Rawlings official told me years ago that he thought the Wilson glove designers just used some ideas Rawlings had. Maybe, maybe not. Rawlings problem might have been the misplaced focus at the time on its Trapeze models.
This was a landmark time for a remarkably new glove invention which is with us still today!