I need to get a catchers mitt repaired or get some good leather a.s.a.p. There was a guy at the complex, but he left yesterday.
Anyone know any local places that may repair or have leather?
Thanks
Ed
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Can't think of anyone off the top of my head.
Seriously...anyone out there with a much needed answer for np13?
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Can't think of anyone off the top of my head.
Seriously...anyone out there with a much needed answer for np13?
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look in the yellow pages under 'tack and saddle repair'
those guys are geniuses with leather
those guys are geniuses with leather
Try Jonquil Sporting Goods in Marietta.
770-432-1194
770-432-1194
Go to any local sporting goods store
A-team sports in Cumming, Ga. (yes, that's a real city here. lol)
Paul Dees.
Great guy.
Paul Dees.
Great guy.
quote:Try Jonquil Sporting Goods in Marietta.
770-432-1194
Thank you very much! I dropped it off tonight and they said they would have it ready in the morning.
quote:A-team sports in Cumming, Ga. (yes, that's a real city here. lol)
Paul Dees.
Great guy.
Thanks TGD. I tried Jonquil and they were able to help, but I apprciate your response.
I must say...I have no insight whatsoever being from New York. But this thread is just plain and simply really really cool. Part of what this site is all about
My son and I were down there for the 18u last Sunday evening playing a game at the complex. My son's glove ripped during warm ups and I found the gentleman who repairs gloves at the complex. It took him a few minutes because some leather had torn, but by the start of the second inning it was repaired and was back in the game. He said the charge was $1. I made it 5 and called it even. What a nice guy he was.
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Hey J H...here's a story I remember from way back. I used to go back and forth across the various passes over the Cascade Mountains during all seasons. Often you are miles and miles from any help if you break down. Folks tend to stop and help others when trouble arises.
I can't remember if I stopped to help someone or if someone stopped to help me, but what I do remember is the other fellow telling me a story about how things were done on one pass somewhere in Western Montana. It was a local custom to keep gas cans topped off somewhere along the route. If a traveller was running low or out of gas it was available in one of these cans. A real godsend to some, yet quite expected by regulars. And the whole system only worked when the gasoline used is then replaced by the user on the return trip.
It worked something like that and I, as quite a young man, learned from this gentleman how generosity and compassion is so helpful. In this case out in the wide open spaces on a lightly travelled highway.
Being in a large metro area I'm more cautious. You have to be. I phone into a road emergency call center every time I see a motorist in peril along our expressways or major thoroughfares. I would hope someone would do the same for me or any member of our family.
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Hey J H...here's a story I remember from way back. I used to go back and forth across the various passes over the Cascade Mountains during all seasons. Often you are miles and miles from any help if you break down. Folks tend to stop and help others when trouble arises.
I can't remember if I stopped to help someone or if someone stopped to help me, but what I do remember is the other fellow telling me a story about how things were done on one pass somewhere in Western Montana. It was a local custom to keep gas cans topped off somewhere along the route. If a traveller was running low or out of gas it was available in one of these cans. A real godsend to some, yet quite expected by regulars. And the whole system only worked when the gasoline used is then replaced by the user on the return trip.
It worked something like that and I, as quite a young man, learned from this gentleman how generosity and compassion is so helpful. In this case out in the wide open spaces on a lightly travelled highway.
Being in a large metro area I'm more cautious. You have to be. I phone into a road emergency call center every time I see a motorist in peril along our expressways or major thoroughfares. I would hope someone would do the same for me or any member of our family.
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quote:Originally posted by NP13:quote:Try Jonquil Sporting Goods in Marietta.
770-432-1194
Thank you very much! I dropped it off tonight and they said they would have it ready in the morning.
Glad to hear they could help.
No reflection on the original poster but it got me thinking. Buy a glove repair kit for under $10 bucks and throw it in your trunk. When the chance comes along its a great feeling, and quite relaxing, to rethread a glove with some new rawhide!
Part of the timeliness of baseball, imho.
Part of the timeliness of baseball, imho.
quote:My son and I were down there for the 18u last Sunday evening playing a game at the complex. My son's glove ripped during warm ups and I found the gentleman who repairs gloves at the complex. It took him a few minutes because some leather had torn, but by the start of the second inning it was repaired and was back in the game. He said the charge was $1. I made it 5 and called it even. What a nice guy he was.
He was there until Monday night. Glove broke in warm-ups at the complex the first game Tuesday.
Can't say enough about Jonquil Sporting Goods. Picked up the glove this morning, it was so much better then the repair job I did. Plus they have a great selection of baseball equipment.
quote:I must say...I have no insight whatsoever being from New York. But this thread is just plain and simply really really cool. Part of what this site is all about
Agreed 100%!
golfball,
That was a very cool report:
Julie
That was a very cool report:
quote:It took him a few minutes because some leather had torn, but by the start of the second inning it was repaired and was back in the game. He said the charge was $1. I made it 5 and called it even.
Julie