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Article: If the Glove Fits
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 4, 2001
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Every day during the baseball season, television sports shows are
filled with replays of the spectacular, acrobatic catches that major
league players make.
Baseball players are definitely great athletes, but they wouldn't
make so many great catches without their modern-day baseball gloves.
Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, who played ball until 1917, made as many
60 errors -- in one season. Alex Rodriguez, shortstop for the Texas
Rangers, would be benched with a record like that.
Honus Wagner had a big disadvantage: He was playing with a puny
glove that had no webbing or deep pocket in the middle.
The baseball glove has changed a lot over the years, and so has
the way we play baseball. Here's the ...