The glovesters last glove.....
Posted: July 11th, 2013, 8:59 am
Well kinda sad topic but mortality eventually sets in as you near 50, and I wanted one more glove. I had worn my others out, but still cherish them. from a cheapo Matty alou, to dad's Warren Hacker college glove that I chewed on the strings as a 9 yr old, to a wilson Dave Cash, to my high school glove XFCB17. Dang, Rawlings must have sold a boat load of them. I have had this glove for 5-6 years and hopefully will pass it on down the lineage, Yep I have sired lineage.
It is a Rawlings as I am a Rawlings man, a Pro Preferred Long string of numbers??? what ever.. but when I got it the first thing I did was tear it apart. Laces gone, basket web (WHY?) trashed, A wilson A2 web, with a Mantle rolled web, crotch relaced solid in a "U" shape, yanked out the goofy plastic thingy in the thumb so the glove looks like a cup instead of a funnel, I catch in the palm and not on the fingers. When did they start making gloves looking like a "V" with the flared fingers??? Makes the pocket smaller and just looks goofy that way. And the crowning touch, the Infamous "Drokester 4" patch ala Dazzy Vance, hand embroidered by myself.
If you think this is going to the nth extreme, read "What is a Baseball Glove" Nuf Ced.
It is a Rawlings as I am a Rawlings man, a Pro Preferred Long string of numbers??? what ever.. but when I got it the first thing I did was tear it apart. Laces gone, basket web (WHY?) trashed, A wilson A2 web, with a Mantle rolled web, crotch relaced solid in a "U" shape, yanked out the goofy plastic thingy in the thumb so the glove looks like a cup instead of a funnel, I catch in the palm and not on the fingers. When did they start making gloves looking like a "V" with the flared fingers??? Makes the pocket smaller and just looks goofy that way. And the crowning touch, the Infamous "Drokester 4" patch ala Dazzy Vance, hand embroidered by myself.
If you think this is going to the nth extreme, read "What is a Baseball Glove" Nuf Ced.