Many players have older gloves that they’ll rehire to make it through the season.  Some of these gloves are broken too, but just not as bad.  And sometimes these gloves are used into the next season or until they become too bad to play with also. 

Others will reluctantly go out and buy a brand new, expensive and stiff glove. 

Why, if your glove breaks, should you consider any of the above solutions?  Why not just “Fix That Glove!!!”  It’s not really that bad, can be a pretty quick process, especially with the newer gloves, and you don’t have to give up that trusty, broken-in glove that you’ve depended on every game.  Order “Fix That Glove” now so that you can fix your own glove and in the process learn how to quickly repair a break if one happens during a game.  Don’t settle for another glove if you don’t want to and don’t be dependent on someone else to fix your glove.  Do it yourself!

"It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word."

                                     Brooks Robinson (The Human Vacuum Cleaner)

Why Fix Your Glove?

• Getting a new glove can be expensive.  This is probably one of the two biggest reasons to fix your glove.  Relacing, cleaning and conditioning is cheap compared to buying a new glove and it is not that hard to fix and clean up your glove.

• Breaking in a new glove can take some time and you may not have that time right in the middle of the season.  New, expensive gloves with the "real" leather can take a whole off-season to break in.

• Your glove is custom-fit for your hand, you play well with it and you just don't want to give it up for a new, stiff glove that you'll have to break in.

Why People Don't Fix Their Own Gloves?

• They are basically afraid to try to fix their glove.

• They think they’ll forget where laces go and where they came from.  Then, they think that they'll end up relacing the glove wrong and ruin it.

• They think that it will just take too long and they don’t have the time.

• They don’t know where or how to really start relacing a glove.

• They don’t know what tools to use or where to get them.

• They don’t know how to condition and restore a glove that seems like it’s worn out and ready to be thrown away.

Here’s How “Fix That Glove!!!” Can Help You:

• Most importantly, how to fix your glove FAST!  Don't send your glove away for a week and $50.00 when you can fix it yourself in one evening!

• It will show you that it’s not really that hard to fix your glove and how you can make the simplest repairs for only $5.00 to $10.00.

• It will show you what tools to get to fix your glove and where to get them so that your job can be easier.

• It will show you what to use to condition, soften and restore your glove’s leather.  (Notice I said "Condition", not "Oil"!)  Also, it will show you where you can buy some of these conditioners.

Look at some of these "Before and After" pictures of two gloves that I've worked on this summer.  These gloves looked and felt great after I fixed them up. The Wilson A9845 took under an hour to fix the broken laces and clean up!

Useful Pictures To Help Your Glove Repair

     “Fix That Glove!!!” contains numerous useful pictures that will help you see

      exactly what’s being described in the book.  These pictures show you:

• “Before” and “after” pictures of sections of gloves that you’ll most likely need to fix.  These are the most common problem areas.

• Close-up pictures of the glove lacing and the problem areas that scare people away from fixing their own glove.

• Pictures with “colored” lacing paths to make it more clear how to run your laces and show you the common lacing patterns and paths that many gloves follow.

Make a Little Money For Yourself By Fixing Gloves!

“Fix That Glove!!!” will give you some ideas on how to make money fixing gloves.  It’s funny, word travels fast.  If you fix someone’s glove, it only takes another person asking, “Hey, who fixed your glove?” and before you know it, you’re fixing another glove…and then another….and then another.  I’ve fixed a  number of gloves and not once have I advertised.  Word just got out.  

Fixing gloves is fun and you can really make people feel good when you give them their glove back, all cleaned up and ready to go.

However, you can really fall into a simple trap here, and this book can  point out a few things to think about early if you start fixing gloves as a small home-based  business.