For guys of a certain age, there are few childhood memories fonder than that first new baseball glove. Kids who aspired to play infield chose gloves signed by Brooks Robinson, while future hall-of-fame outfielders begged their dads for mitts bearing the signatures of Roberto Clemente or Willie Mays, who remain two of the game’s best role models even today. The first fielders played barehanded, and the early MacGregor Goldsmith, Spalding,...Continue Reading