by BretMan » December 12th, 2007, 11:19 pm
I love those MacGregor GF "Fieldmaster" pocket gloves. They appear to have been MacGregor's answer to compete with the Rawlings "Trap-eze" models. This design seems like it would be well-suited to catching a ball and I'm surprised that some glovemaker hasn't resurrected the style.
I've seen some of these bring surprising prices on eBay, and seen others sell for just a few bucks. Others come up that aren't really identified as Fieldmaster gloves- just generic, old MacGregors- and you can only identify them through close inspection of the included photos.
I'm generally a fan of all the Ohio-based glove companies, such as Goldsmith, MacGregor, OK, and Hutch. Besides the east coast, New England area glove companies, where the glovemaking business originated, I can't think of any other single state that boasted as many makers.