The Worcester-made, handcrafted baseball glove nearly met its untimely end last year. Longtime leather goods manufacturer Jim Devaney and his two sons had entered into a joint venture in 2007 ...

Baseball gloves are perhaps the most emotionally loaded Americana artifacts. For players, that piece of equipment can carry mythic, even anthropomorphic power. “I care for it as if it were my wife,” ...

Baseball gloves are made primarily of quality leather, so new ones carry a hefty price tag of around 60,000 yen ($545). Because mending the gloves entails expertise, even ones that can still be ...