I got my first glove when I was five years old. Braced for tee ball, wearing my new snapback ball cap with a violently bent brim and a purple t-shirt with a local sponsor on the back, my dad and I ...

Welcome to this rite and ritual of an American spring, breaking in a new glove. As with anything in baseball, there are 100 views on the proper way to do this, all argued passionately. Glove gurus ...

Legions of grown men, even some major leaguers, will swear that the only way to break in a stiff new leather glove is to: Run it over with a car, beat it with a sledgehammer, soak it in the ...

"It just looks good," he said. "My glove is my best friend. I love breaking in new gloves." New gloves are sometimes tough to break in because they are manufactured with a bad fold, but most new ...

Even major league fielders struggle to find that perfect shape for their most important defensive tool. And despite plenty of technology in the game, old-school techniques still reign. Credit..