Baseball Glove Repairs - An Interview with Doctor Glove, "The
Best Friend Any Baseball Glove Ever Ha
Baseball glove repair and relacing is what Doctor Glove is all
about, and for over 25 years people have been relying on him to
give new life to their old baseball or softball glove. Doctor
Glove, who is known as "The Best Friend Any Baseball Glove Ever
Had," recently talked about the art and craft of baseball and
softball glove repair.
"When it comes to glove repairs, I like to think I can fix
anything and everything. I haven't been proved wrong yet, but I
guess there's always a first time," Doctor Glove laughed. "Over
the years I've been asked to fix just about every imaginable
type of problem in a glove - but I'm careful to say that I
haven't seen everything yet because every time I do, someone
brings me a glove that's been 'critically injured' in some new
way."
Doctor Glove has an almost cult-like following among his loyal
client base in Southern California, but thanks to his website
(http://www.DoctorGlove.com) he also gets gloves shipped to him
from all around the world.
Relacing, sometimes called re-stringing, is the most common
need, says the Doctor, because the rawhide laces used in gloves
only last for a few seasons before weakening, stretching and
breaking. He said,