Other brands of gloves

[MAS]

When I was a kid there were no Nike gloves, I don't remember Easton making anything except bats and batting gloves.

Most kids had gloves made by Rawlings, Wilson, Mizuno, Spalding, MacGregor and maybe a few other brands like Cooper, SSK, Worth, Regent, TAG and I am sure a few others.

With the exception of Rawlings, Wilson and Mizuno, I pretty much never see gloves made by or for the other companies except on Ebay.

What happened to companies like Spalding, MacGregor etc.?

[Gloves22]

great question, MAS.

Those companies used to do a little bit of everything - ie, they made gloves, bats, volleyballs, basketballs etc. As time has gone by, the world has grown more specialized - and over the course of 30 years or so consumers more and more went to the specialized brands.