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Baseball Glove Repair - Fix Your Own Glove

As I sat there watching the pitcher and two games. I just went back into the
infielders warm up in between innings, hotel room, turned on The Weather Channel
out of the corner of my eye I noticed one and restrung the lower part of the web.
of the coaches just outside the dugout It took about fifteen minutes and the
trying to get someone's attention. When I glove looked great. It lasted the rest of
realized it was my attention he was the season with no problems.Now, if he
trying to get, I gave a nod. He then had sent the glove away to get repaired,
barked out, "Got another one!" and a fix like this would probably cost him
proceeded to throw a fielder's glove at anywhere from $15.00 to $35.00. This
me. I caught it, gave it a quick would be higher if he wanted the glove
inspection and knew what I'd being doing back sooner. He would also probably lose
a little later that evening.Well that's the glove for a week. If he got the glove
how it has gone the last four or five back and didn't like the results, he'd
years now when I'm in the dugout or probably just live with it. It wouldn't
around local baseball or softball fields. be worth sending it back out again.If his
I've repaired gloves for a number of mom, dad or someone else repaired it, (in
players and hence I've been labeled as this case I did it) the lacing required
"The Doctor". Word has gotten out over for this would cost anywhere from $2.00
the years and I've fixed many gloves for to $5.00. He'd only lose the glove for
small kids, big kids, adults, you name about fifteen or twenty minutes...no real
it. I never realized how much people downtime! Any more adjustments would
liked their gloves and I also never probably be done by whoever fixed it.If
realized that people didn't fix their own more laces are broken, it gets more
gloves when they broke, even the simplest expensive. Whole glove relacing is around
repairs.That's how this all started for $50.00. You also have shipping to pay on
me. One day I repaired an older Wilson top of that. Plus, you'll lose your glove
A2000 from the late 70's or early 80's. for a week. It really is a huge benefit
It was being used by a younger girl to know how to do most, if not all of the
playing softball. It was her dad's glove lacing repairs yourself. If you have
in college. It needed a lot of lace work young kids playing ball and you see a
but was in surprisingly good shape other good number of years ahead of you, or you
than that. It looked great when I was are a coach, learning how to do general
done.Since then, I've repaired gloves for restoration, conditioning and relacing of
a lot of kids. Never charged anything, gloves is a great thing.I'm not saying
which was probably a small mistake. I glove repair places are bad. They're
was just glad to get the glove back to great! Most do good work and will save
them the next day or so. I didn't think your glove for more years to come. I've
much about until I was looking around on even recently come across a site on the
the Internet about a year ago and saw Internet that offers a really good deal,
what repairing gloves costs both in money with one to two day turnaround. Of
and time. Only then did it occur to me course, if they had 75 gloves come in,
how much money I saved kids and parents that's a tough guarantee. Basically, you
and more importantly, the glove was lost just have to decide on your time and
for one game at the most.This is what I'm money budget. For nearly all of the
getting at. If you have young kids active gloves I have repaired overnight or in
in baseball/softball or are a member of a ten or fifteen minutes, time was the big
team or teams yourself, you should really concern for the kids and parents, not the
look into trying to repair a few gloves money. They wanted their gloves for the
yourself, in your spare time. Believe me, next day.So if you have the time, find a
it will come in handy more times than you few old gloves or buy a couple at a yard
think and you can save yourself and other sale and just try to restring them. It's
people some money.Let me define what I really not that hard. And most of the
mean by glove repair. I don't mean breaks are very similar, especially with
repairing major tears in the leather and today's gloves. Once you do two or three,
the little runs of stitching in the you'll be on your way to being a "Doctor"
glove. That stuff requires more tools, yourself. You'll be able to do glove
leather and time. I'm talking about repairs in one inning and the kid will be
repairing the most common types of lacing able to use the glove that same game!
breaks that occur throughout a season and That's the cool part. You make a lot of
just relacing these breaks or kids and parents happy.There is also
retightening lace runs to keep the glove another part of having this skill. You
in its original shape and form.About two can make a little money for yourself
months ago at one of my son's tournaments doing this. In fact, you don't have to be
the third baseman's glove broke, right in a coach or even have a kid playing. Once
the web. As you already know, tournaments word gets out that there is someone
have lots of games so these guys don't locally that can repair a glove overnight
want to lose a glove for a week while or in a day, people will find you.
also paying to get it repaired. Anyway, I Believe me.
took the glove and fixed it in between




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