Is Baseball Gear Any Safer Today?Written by Ken Austin
Baseball is at 150 years old, one of most popular spectator sports in United States. How have such conditions like technology, economic resources, a need for higher standards for safety and protection, make basic baseball gear better? Let’s first define: what is typical or basic baseball gear? The first is basic baseball. In past baseballs were single pieces of hand stitched, stuffed leather. Today’s modern version baseball is modern hardballs, which are technologically made to exact specifications. Another old baseball gear is bat. Bats today are more precisely carved and crafted from different materials: woods such as ash, maple, metal like aluminum, and even bamboo. No longer is this basic baseball gear made from tree limbs and wagon tongues. Even simple fielder’s glove, another baseball gear basic, has undergone changes. Today there is now a wider selection. There are even gloves made for women fielders! You can pick buffalo leather or "Full-Grain" leather which is made out of cow hide leather on which entire natural grain remains. For new players or occasional baseball players, fielders’ gloves made out of pigskin will do. While it is less durable compared to cowhide, it is more flexible.
| | The Perfect Baseball JacketWritten by Ken Austin
All you need to do to make your hubby or son puff up with pride is to give either of them a baseball jacket. Or even both of them, why not? Make certain you pick a baseball jacket that carries insignia of baseball team he is cheering for. Because to owner of a baseball jacket, possessing a baseball jacket is much more meaningful than just making a macho fashion statement. Wearing that special baseball jackets says beyond a doubt that he loves this sport and supports all good sports values it symbolizes. For owner of a baseball jacket, it’s not so much about protection it offers him.. It may just be coincidental that baseball jacket is made of durable materials, be it leather or wool. It may just be coincidental that baseball jacket which has thick lining, will keep him warm as he sits watching game. He believes in sport and keeping it alive.
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