I screwed up last week. To explain how I screwed up, I have to give you some background on how I work here. Those of you who have been subscribed for a while probably noticed that I don’t typically post anything on the weekends. I’ve developed a strictly Monday-to-Friday routine, both in writing and in posting, which means that I usually write Tuesday’s edition on Monday, and Wednesday’s on Tuesday, and so on. That makes Friday the day to write the edition for the following Monday.
My first glove as a 5 year old that took me through my Little League years was a tiny Bob Cerv model. I graduated to more upscale gloves through Babe Ruth, high school, and college, but whenever I had a bad game, I returned to Bob Cerv.
I have a couple. My grandpa somehow had a catcher's mitt that he would carry around to play catch. and did with us, a hundred times. My grandpa was in no respect a catcher, that's just the model he ended up with. Yard sale maybe? I'm pretty sure "Bill Freehan" is involved there.
The glove he bought me as an 8 year old left hander was an RBG-60 "Robin Yount" model. I'm not from Milwaukee or anything but it's forged a connection. The RBG-60 eventually flipped signatures to Nolan, Jose Canseco, maybe one or two more. It was a much more obscure glove than the ubiquitous RBG-36 which had Dale Murphy, Canseco again, and on and on.
My first glove as a 5 year old that took me through my Little League years was a tiny Bob Cerv model. I graduated to more upscale gloves through Babe Ruth, high school, and college, but whenever I had a bad game, I returned to Bob Cerv.
OMG that’s my Mitt! Awesome job Paul! And my fielder’s mitt was Duke Snider. The mitt pic almost brought tears to my eyes. Thank you!
"Leftover bacon"? I do not understand this phrase.
I have a couple. My grandpa somehow had a catcher's mitt that he would carry around to play catch. and did with us, a hundred times. My grandpa was in no respect a catcher, that's just the model he ended up with. Yard sale maybe? I'm pretty sure "Bill Freehan" is involved there.
The glove he bought me as an 8 year old left hander was an RBG-60 "Robin Yount" model. I'm not from Milwaukee or anything but it's forged a connection. The RBG-60 eventually flipped signatures to Nolan, Jose Canseco, maybe one or two more. It was a much more obscure glove than the ubiquitous RBG-36 which had Dale Murphy, Canseco again, and on and on.