Whether you’re practicing your swing or getting ready for the big game, batting gloves have become a must-have piece of equipment for softball and baseball players. Materials used in modern batting ...

SAN ANTONIO — "I just call them work gloves, batting gloves, gardening gloves—whatever," says senior O'Connor Panthers infielder Collin Rayburg. He has the most unusual batting gloves you'll ever see.

Few items of sporting equipment are as disposable as batting gloves. But don’t mistake their impermanence for a lack of importance. Credit...Franklin Sports Supported by By Zach Buchanan Reporting ...

When rising Hyde Park High School senior Bear Mayer returns to class later this month, he won’t have to dig for material for a back-to-school essay. For Bear, growing his baseball batting glove ...

After 12 years as a pro, Mark Minicozzi still struggled to find the perfect pair of batting gloves. Every pair he’d try would either stretch or rip, and the grip just wasn’t quite right. Not to ...

Irving H. Franklin, an innovator in the sporting goods industry who teamed with Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt to invent the baseball batting glove, died in his sleep Thursday in Falmouth, Mass. He was 93 ...

Plenty of sporting goods stores are eager to sell you a brand new baseball glove. Finding someone you trust to repair that worn, beloved – or sometimes lucky – mitt is a lot more challenging. That’s ...