“In the Pocket” Glove Blog

Here’s a snapshot of 100 of the top MLB prospects in 2012 - take a look at the up and comers. We’re breaking in a glove and counting the days ’til pitchers and catchers report.

Reading this about an old Spalding glove makes us wonder if any of the old gloves we have might have some value in the collectible market.

We’re guessing we’re not the only ones. What’s boxed up in your garage?

When most people think about breaking in a glove, they go for this.

MLB star Jimmy Rollins goes for this.

He gets our good guy of the month award!

Barry Larkin, the local Cincinnati kid who made it big on his hometown team, has just joined baseball’s most elite club by being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Larkin’s deft glove work helped make him a 12-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glove Award winner and, of course, the 1995 NL MVP.

A class act all around, a fine addition to the HOF.

Jorge Posada is set to step away from baseball after a long and illustrious career as the catcher on some of the great Yankee championship teams.

He could surely find a home with another team for next season, as a DH if nothing else. But the catcher who has spent so many years behind the plate for the Yankees is calling it quits as a Yankee. There’s a certain poetic beauty to that.

Here’s wishing Posada the best as he hangs up the catcher’s mitt.

Check out this feel-good story about a Major League Baseball umpire who is dedicated to The Miracle League, an organization that is enriching the lives of kids with disabilities through the game of baseball.

It’s great to see good works in action. We think The Miracle League is on to something. What do you think?

Everyone has their own take on breaking in a glove, but this guy seems to be a Jedi Master when it comes to breaking in baseball gloves. He’s like Yoda without the garbled syntax. He has the secret of breaking in gloves, but he’s not telling.

Incredible catches are part of what makes baseball so much fun to play - and to watch. We can’t help but marvel at the deft glove work of MLB athletes.

Here are a bunch of great grabs - which is your favorite?

When it comes to HOF voting, we’ve got a special place in our hearts for Dale Murphy.

When it comes to a better hitter or a better fielder in the key, up the middle positions, the guy with the better glove is invariably the better choice for the starting lineup.

They have the data to back it up.