Just picked up a gem of a catcher's mitt on Ebay....

[The Glovedoctor]

...for $140, I got a Rawlings Heart of the Hide - Made in the USA (St. Louis Custom Shop) mitt. These are made the "old school" way with the oil-tanned HOH Horween leather. It has the name "Nelson" on it, but who cares? Not me.

http://i.ebayimg.com/23/!BS5O5eQB2k~$(KGrHgoOKiwEjlLmDn3YBKFfZnfpM!~~_1.JP G

http://i.ebayimg.com/06/!BS5O47!BGk~$(KGrHgoOKiQEjlLmVz3(BKFfZkeJzw~~_1.JP G

http://i.ebayimg.com/04/!BS5O5MwBGk~$(KGrHgoOKiYEjlLmfE,TBKFfZmHUcw~~_1.JP G

http://i.ebayimg.com/16/!BS5O5p!BWk~$(KGrHgoOKigEjlLm,etkBKFfZooy3g~~_1.JP G

I'm going to look and see if Bob Clevenhagen crafted this one. Shouldn't be too hard to find out.

[cubsphill]

just tell everybody your nickname is nelson

[davewashere]

That's quite a bargain for a Rawlings Custom Shop mitt. I'm sure a seamstress would be able to get rid of the "Nelson" if you cared about that. I think I'd just tell people my mitt's name is Nelson.

[Trickyhop]

Whenever someone strikes out when you're catching, just go: "HA-HA!!" (The Simpsons).

Everyone will then understand the meaning of 'Nelson'. ;D

[songtitle]

Is that a full nelson, or just a half nelson?