These new gloves are a big hit. Bruce Bolt batting gloves have made their way into Major League Baseball, with top players such as the New York Yankees’ Harrison Bader sporting them on the field — and ...

Which Franklin batting gloves are best? There are plenty of methods to improve your game when it comes to baseball. Most of them require time, effort and dedication, such as working out and practicing ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Stoughton-based Franklin Sports Inc. is a third-generation ...

STOUGHTON, Mass. -- Irving H. Franklin, who co-founded Franklin Sports in 1946 with his brother Sydney FranklinIrving Franklin was a true visionary in producing the prototype of the batting glove that ...

Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! In the spring of 1983 Irving H. Franklin teamed up with a one Michael Jack Schmidt to ...

Irving H. Franklin, an innovator in the sporting goods industry who teamed with Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt to invent the baseball batting glove, died in his sleep Thursday in Falmouth, Mass. He was 93 ...