baseball glove
Americannoun
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a padded, leather covering for the hand, having a pocket in the area over the palm, webbing between the sections for the thumb and forefinger, and either separate sections for each finger or sections for more than one finger: used by baseball players in the field for catching batted or thrown balls.
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His parents, he recalled, struggled to buy him a baseball glove.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
A baseball glove used by Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax in 1956, his second season in the majors, is going to auction next month.
From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2023
One day, I reached into a closet to grab my baseball glove and discovered a crumpled-up bag of potato chips.
From Slate • Oct. 4, 2023
On Saturday, Carroll’s mother — Pey-Lin Carroll — even tweeted a photo of baby Corbin crawling inside the bronze baseball glove statue by the left-field gate at T-Mobile Park.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023
Half-heartedly, I try holding a few other items that belonged to Dad as a kid: a baseball glove, a model airplane, a postcard from my mom.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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