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UVM Professor David Jenemann Recounts The Baseball Glove's Evolution

A baseball glove lies in the grass with a baseball in it.
Michael Dwyer
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Associated Press
A baseball glove belonging to Xander Bogaerts of the Boston Red Sox lies on the field in Boston, before a game against the New York Yankees, on Sept. 30.

Though there are a number of sports in which gloves play a prominent role, the glove is most readily associated with baseball — a game in which every player on the field wears one. 

University of Vermont professor David Jenemann has written quite a bit about this in his latest book, called The Baseball Glove: History, Material, Meaning, and Value.

Jenemann spoke to VPR about the evolution of the baseball glove and how it impacted the game. He even brought in some of his favorite gloves, including one from the 1940s, to the studio.

Listen to Jenemann's conversation with Mitch Wertlieb above.

Jenemann teaches courses in film and television theory, as well as serves as co-director of theUVM Humanities Center — and, in his free time, he plays second baseman for the Burlington Cardinals.

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
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