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First, congrats to mittmutt. I've been going into about 5 thrift stores for 5 years and have virtually come away empty handed except for a 9 grade signed Nolan Ryan baseball.
Mike, you've revealed your age again.
Cowboy, I think Rawlings was concerned that the guys using the Trapper would try to cut a hole for a finger in the middle strap. I guess. "Here's how to use this thing." Mike's right, man you could dig the balls out of the dirt, huge improvement to the old oven mitts. Thanks Hank Greenberg and Doc Lattina. The web controller (top strap) was added to keep ballplayers from extending or adding the lacing, rule change made same time they outlawed the rolled lace web.
Thank you also to Bob Duppstadt who so thoroughly researched this
classic and long lasting mitt style.
My above was $35 find at antique mall (yep $33 more than Mittmutt who unfortunately" didn't have much of a day." Musial T 70 RY.