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First Gloves: Steve Carlton, Gold Glover

First Gloves: Steve Carlton, Gold Glover

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May 14, 2024
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In my last piece about first gloves, which was focused on the fact that Robin Yount was probably athletic enough to play shortstop left-handed if he’d tried,

Scott Polk
commented that he also had an illogical glove when he was younger. His was a Steve Carlton glove, only it was for a right-handed player despite the fact that Carlton was pretty famously left-hande…

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