Whether baseball is really America’s pastime is left open to debate, as is whether a quality glove will improve the game? For those who want to see if it is true – that a serious glove will turn anyone in an all-star – there is the Mixuno Pro Limited Edition Glove.
This is $500 worth of not just leather but Deguchi Tanned Northern European Kit leather, and it has been engineered with special “Speed Drive” technology to have a perfectly balanced position to provide the wearer with the fastest reaction and best response possible. And this isn’t really just a single glove meant for any position – instead the company has provided specifically tailored for eight different field positions including first base and catcher.
This is a serious glove and deserves serious respect, so for the money Mizuno will provide “off-season conditioning including maintenance such as re-lacing, felt replacement and web-replacement to ensure it always fits like a glove.
Mizuno Pro Glove Official Website
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Several news stories are making the rounds this week following the successful 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. The question this week is “what events are missing?”
We’ve been hearing about ClimaCool technology a lot, and probably own a few garments with the fabric. Since it plays a big role in Olympic uniforms, adidas provided some information on how its constructed, tested, and the benefits of the wicking fabric. 
Even if you can’t climb the mountains like Thomas Voeckler, you can still ride his bike – or at least one exactly like his bike. Colnago has unveiled a special edition C59 Italia road bike. And as Voeckler scored 135 points climbing in the recently completed Tour de France Colonago has limited the run of these to 135-pieces.
At the Olympic level, kayaks are often custom fitted to the athlete. The Australian Olympic Kayak team enlisted a Creaform 3D scanner and modeling from U.S.-based Geomatic. Modeling ensures a custom fit in the Kayak, and better controls for the slalom event. 
The Head YouTek IG speed MP 18/20 racket isn’t just good enough, it is a grand slam of rackets. And it is the racket de jour for Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic. While it probably won’t let most would-be tennis pros serve up Djokovic it should help that game at the local court.
Watching the Tour de France this week, we’ve seen some incredible crashes. As of this past weekend we’ve even seen Tour winner Bradley Wiggins and other riders suffer from burns that occurred when fans running with flares ran too close to the riders.
The game may never be the same. This has been said in many sports over the years, but on Friday FIFA approved the use of goal-line technology at the Club World Cup, Confederations Cup 2013 and World Cup 2014. What does this mean for the average pick up game or youth soccer match? Nothing.