“In the last ten years it has been estimated by an able statistician that the annual number of accidents has been 37,518, of which 3 percent have been fatal; 25,611 fingers and 11,016 legs were broken ...

The catcher's main objectives are to catch the baseball, block the baseball on errant pitches and throw out base runners. The catcher can perform this drill with or without catching gear. Catcher ...

Despite burly padding and high-performance designs, modern baseball gloves fail to protect the battered hands of baseball catchers. While stubborn pros are not likely to trade in mere comfort for ...

Close-up shot of a baseball glove (image: Kevin Dooley via wikimedia commons) To round out our series on the the design of baseball equipment, let’s take a brief look at the baseball glove. Unlike the ...