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Fantasy Sports: A Popular Hobby
A Fantasy Sport is a game where a person builds a team comprised of individual players of a professional sport. These team "owners" compete against others based on the individual professional's real statistics. Simple versions of this convert...
Ice Hockey Apparel Is the Way To Go In Today's NHL
Ice hockey is your life, just as it is for so many other NHL fans from around the world. You couldn't care less about football, baseball or any other so called sport.
Who is that Michael Jordan guy anyway?
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My God...It's Full of Stars!
There are not too many opportunities while running a business where there is a defined period of work stoppage, thus giving you the time needed to go over the details of your product or service. Right now, the NHL's little details are eagerly...
Pressure in Youth Sports
Pressure is part of all sports and its impact in youth sports is something we need to carefully evaluate. The spotlight is brightest in baseball; there is simply no place to hide. For the pitcher, batter, catcher and anybody the ball is hit to, all...
Where Are the Black Head Coaches
http://www.collegecharlie.com/Blackcoaches.html About the Author
Bill Cherry has been a prep school athletics administrator for 32 years. He is a form college football and baseball player and is the webmaster of the popular CollegeCharlie Sport...
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How to Break in a Baseball Glove the Old-Fashioned Way
You learn how to break in a baseball glove as soon as you're able to hold a baseball mitt with one hand. It was a tradition in my family each winter. Come late October or early November, after the leaves had already fallen and been raked up and when the air smelled like peanut butter and jelly, my dad would take me down into the garage.
With a secret batch of ingredients, a few old stained rags, and our elbow grease, we set to work breaking in a new glove so it would be ready to play catch come April.
Everybody's dad probably has their secret formula for what ointments, homespun compounds, and techniques used. Whatever the means, the ends justify the means. A broken in glove means that is has been softened up, adding flexibility and comfort. Besides the soft leather, a broken in glove also has a worked-in pocket.
Of course, experts out there will tell you that your dad's baseball glove alchemy was all hokuspokus. They'll tell you that there are no secrets on how to break in a baseball glove. The best and more commonsense way to do it is to simply apply oil that's specifically
designed for this purpose. Make sure to rub the glove oil on every glove part, including the inside and the laces.
This oil helps the glove stay moisturized so it won't dry and crack. The glove webbing will also not come loose. Best of all, according to the experts, this oil won't damage the glove, whereas many other compounds will.
The other compounds include everything that only a dad could come up on how to break in a baseball glove. There's foam shaving cream, Vaseline, saddle soap, mink oil, or tanners glove oil. Some secret glove recipes even call for you to put the glove in the oven for a few minutes to bake in the foams and oils. Whatever you choose - your dad's family tradition or modern science - hopefully you'll find your glove soft and ready to play come springtime.
About the Author
Adrian Mybo is the owner of http://www.melayuboleh.org/ - Almost everything that matters. He writes to amuse and iritate his readers. Read more Baseball articles at Mybo!
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