Since Nokona runs the last baseball mitt factory in the U.S ... investment and economic growth. An item like a catcher’s mitt offers an inside baseball look at that dynamic.

Baseball and softball gloves account for most of the ... just want that Nokona glove for the feel of it. A lot of catchers love the Nokona glove." 'They over-advertised' In retrospect, the ...

Many are made either wholly or partially from buffalo, a material no other glove maker uses. If you have ever tried on a $275 Nokona buffalo-hide fast-pitch-softball catcher’s mitt, you know ...

About 100 miles northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth, past pastures of crops and cattle, sits Nocona, Texas, population 3,000, home to the Nokona baseball glove factory, one of the last baseball glove ...

Jaime Wohlbach of Lower Saucon Township, a professional softball catcher, now has a catcher’s mitt bearing her signature. The Nokona Athletic Goods Co. of Nocona, Texas, has made a glove with ...

This little brick factory isn’t supposed to be here. It should be in the Philippines, or Vietnam, maybe China. Not here, in the heart of Texas. Baseball gloves, like many other things, aren’t ...

The Nokona Ballglove Factory, located about ten miles south of the Red River in Montague County, has been manufacturing baseball gloves for ninety years. The small facility is the last domestic ...

We went to Nocona last week to check out the Nokona Ball Gloves, the last baseball glove factory in America. Check out our full story about Nokona here. But as with most stories, there were plenty ...

Shaking the hands of a catcher before the invention of baseball mitts was like grabbing a handful of walnuts, Dan Gutman wrote in his fabulous history of baseball inventions, Banana Bats and Ding ...

Everyone who has cracked a ball into the outfield remembers necklaces and bracelets made from baseball seams. Unfortunately, some of us even wore them back in 2003. Now, for the more stylish fans ...

modern baseball gloves fail to protect the battered hands of baseball catchers. While stubborn pros are not likely to trade in mere comfort for performance, the findings suggest that young ...