Testimonials

I have been in the glove collecting hobby since 1989.  Many times you find “keepers” that need a little TLC.  Each glove sent to the Sports Doctor receives the individual care that you would want your prize glove given.  NOBODY has the leather craftsmanship or attention to detail as the Sports Doctor.  He is simply the best!

Fred Lowman                                                                 Baseball Bat Repair, Restoration                                              Barkhamsted , Connecticut

No one finer or more trustworthy than John Golomb, the Sports Doctor,
with whom I've  closely worked for the past 15 years. Excellent
workmanship!

Joe Phillips
The Glove Collector                                                                       Dallas ,  TX

John:
        I received the three-fingered Rawlings baseball glove yesterday and it looks terrific! I cannot believe how vintage it looks and feels.Stan Musial would be proud. I thing Red Schoendeist would be proud too.  What about using this baby? What about maintaining it? Any real special instructions? Thanks again .

Dear Mr. Golomb,

I received my restored glove and  couldn't be happier. You did a wonderful job bringing it back.

However, your ability to decipher the signature on the glove as Bobby Doer has created some controversy here. The glove belonged to my father and was used, I assume,  in his youth. He graduated from high school in 1931 and so I assumed the glove dated from about the late 1920''s. In fact it does resemble gloves I have seen in old time baseball movies such as Eight Men Out and Field of Dreams.

When I looked up Bobby Doerr (note spelling) on the Internet, I see that he played for the Boston Red Sox from 1937 to 1951, which means the glove might date from the 1940's. But I thought that by the 1940's, gloves were much closer in style to today's - with webs between the thumb and forefinger and the fingers laced together.

So, its a puzzle. I don't know if you might have any knowledge or opinions you could share with me on the subject, but if you do I would appreciate it.

Again, thanks for the wonderful restoration job. We will value both the glove and its mysteries as family heirlooms.

Don S
Oregon, Ohio

Dear John –

Doc:

I greatly appreciate your attention to detail and regard your workers that of a true craftsman.  You have brought life back to an otherwise tired heirloom.  This glove has been passed through the family for over forty years and will now be given to the next generations of my family.

Many thanks for services.

Dennis J                                                                              Brea, CA                                                                               

John,

Thanks so much for the great piping job you did on our 19020s Pennant Brand glove.  The match of materials was super! 

John P,Jr.                                                                            New Jersey

Several years ago I commissioned you all to create a baseball glove for my son, Kevin White. I had bought 6 nice off-the-shelf gloves (Mizuno, Rawlings, etc.) for Kevin, but he did not like any of them. So I found the The Sports Doctor. For about five years Kevin used ol Hoppy, the name I gave the custom made Mitt (Kangaroo). Kevin used this mitt in year round play, AAU tournaments, practice and finally at the Naval Academy baseball tryouts last year (2003), Kevin being just 15 (and yeah they look at kids that young). As you can imagine Kevin holds his own playing baseball.

Ol Hoppy finally gave out soon after the Naval Academy tryouts. I ran out and bought a couple of nice gloves for Kevin but his fielding went to pot with these mitts. Then I remembered that The Sports Doctor guaranteed their gloves. So I grabbed a box and sent the glove back to be repaired. I had little hope of them fixing the glove because no one stands behind their work anymore; they just get your money and run. Well, SURPRISE!!!!

The mitt was sent back to us better than new. Kevin's fielding rivals Jeter again and I (Dad) am happy. So happy we ordered another mitt from The Sports Doctor as a backup. Kevin can not wait til it gets here nor can I. You can check Kevin's progress out at http://libertysports.org JV. Kevin is for real.

Thank you for doing a good job.

Kenneth W. White                                                                       Midland VA

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