Rays’ Longoria wins Gold Glove
November 12, 2009 by BattersUp
Filed under Baseball Equipment, First Base Mitt
It was great to see the Tampa Bay Rays’ third baseman Evan Longoria win his first Gold Glove award. He is an amazing player and often looks like poetry in motion. Just watch as he snags a rocket of a ground ball and fires a bull’s eye across the infield to Carlos Pena, who scoops [...]
A Homerun-er-A Run Home
November 11, 2009 by BattersUp
Filed under Baseball Equipment, Softball Gloves
A few years ago when my daughter Brenda was 7 or 8, she was a bit of a star on her girl’s softball team. Not only was she a good player, (shortstop and first base) but she could also ‘run like the wind.’ One game she came to bat with a runner on first base [...]
