When it comes to playing ball, a glove is a glove — right? Yes, but in the same sense that you can technically play softball wearing basketball sneakers but cleats will make an athlete more effective ...

The Tornado Palm glove is also an elusive mitt for collectors. April 1, 2013— -- My affection for a very old baseball glove I've owned since I was a kid was tinged with greed this spring and I ...

To round out our series on the the design of baseball equipment, let’s take a brief look at the baseball glove. Unlike the baseball bat or the baseball itself, the glove was not initially a part of ...

Summertime mornings I’d whip a rubber ball against our schoolyard brick wall, inventing bottom-of-the-ninth-inning cliff-hangers. In each one, my slingshot throw from centerfield beat any New York ...

“Here’s the pitch, swung on — belted! It’s a long one deep into left center — back goes Gionfriddo! Back- back-back-back-back-back. . .he makes a one-handed catch against the bullpen! Ohhh-hooo, ...

Most of the gloves in the Baseball Hall of Fame’s permanent collection are there because of the historical significance of the players who wore them. (The most recent addition: The glove Derek Jeter ...

The gloves come with history. They show up at Chris Petroff’s home in suburban Phoenix, a few deliveries per day, UPS, FedEx and regular mail. He will learn the biography of each one. Petroff can ...

When blossoming shortstop Masyn Winn committed just three errors -- and made dozens more jaw-dropping plays throughout the ...