The idea for a new glove design took root after torrential rains that flooded western Japan in summer 2018 deprived the Okayama Momotaro baseball team of its practice field. The Wakesizutani ...

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 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 ...