The relationship between a major leaguer and his baseball glove is like family. “This is your baby,” says Jason Varitek, who caught more games than any other catcher in Red Sox history. “It’s an ...

Lakeland, Fla. – It stinks. Literally, it smells horrible. And it looks worse. Discolored, battered, worn through and stitched up. If you found it laying on the street, you probably wouldn’t even want ...

LAKELAND — Masahiro Tanaka’s glove shaping mallet might be the most interesting piece of equipment inside the Yankees’ clubhouse. Tanaka can often be founding sitting at his locker, using the mallet ...