THE ModelRawlings PRO200-6KBHistory with this gloveCrawford usually breaks in a new glove over the winter, but he didn't like the way it felt while playing catch in the offseason. "They sent me another one four days ago," he said, a week into spring training. "It felt better right out of the box."Why he loves itCrawford switched from a camel-colored glove to a black one after 2012. "I might go back to the camel. I had a better year defensively in 2012."Web gem
Players go through gloves so quickly that they don't usually need them restrung. But Crawford will ask Mike Murphy, the Giants equipment manager, to tighten up his laces at least three or four times every season.