by oldreliable » January 31st, 2008, 8:32 pm
I lived in Japan for two years and saw some wild-looking gloves when I was there. I was curious as to why I didn't see the same gloves in the U.S. I really don't care for gloves that are skybluepink, but that is only my personal taste. You see a lot of baseball players in the NPB (Nippon Pro Baseball) in Japan using very flashy gloves.
I used to watch businessmen play nanshiki. A nanshiki ball is a lot less likely to knock out someone's teeth while he is playing in a Saturday afternoon game. It doesn't travel as far either, which is important when there are space constraints like there are in Japan. I own a nanshiki ball that I found along a river.
I was especially surprised to see Rawlings gloves in colors different from what you'd see in the U.S. It seemed like the leather was tanned differently, but I'm not certain about that.