About 50 years ago, a customer walked into Fran Fleet’s custom-sandal-making shop holding a baseball glove and asked if Fleet could repair it. She confidently said she could, even though she had no ...
Ten years after the Wilson Sporting Goods Co. introduced its A2000 baseball glove in the major league spring training of 1957, I had mine. I knew right away that I was the owner of a top-of-the-line ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Are the laces broken? The fingers floppy? The leather cracked from leaving it outside in the rain? You need to call the Lonettis. Jim and Dom Lonetti are ...
The crack of the bat, the smell of popcorn from the concession stand and the pop of a baseball caught in a favorite glove are sure signs of spring. But when that “pop” is not as resounding as it used ...
Plenty of sporting goods stores are eager to sell you a brand new baseball glove. Finding someone you trust to repair that worn, beloved – or sometimes lucky – mitt is a lot more challenging. That’s ...
For baseball and softball players, their gloves are everything to them, so much so that some players won’t play unless they have their special glove. So, when they get old and worn, that’s the time to ...
For decades, the Omaha mittmender has been repairing baseball and softball mitts for athletes in every stage of their game. Dan Bouska examines a baseball glove sent in for repair in his basement shop ...
MINNEAPOLIS --Baseball fans are rejoicing. After a long winter, Major League Baseball is back and the Twins will open the season in Kansas City. But here at home, a Minneapolis man is making sure ...
Baseball season is back and the Twins opened their season today in Kansas City. To celebrate, a Minneapolis baseball and softball glove repair shop hosted a watch party. For D&J Glove Repair owner ...