Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre has officially retired his first glove. It’ll be framed and on display in his home in the near future.
Beltre used the same Rawlings glove for the first 11 years of his career, and brought it back at times last season. Those were its final days.
“Last year is the last year I’m using it,” Beltre said. “I’m going to put that one in a frame.”
That’s the longest-tenured glove in Beltre’s career. He estimates a glove has lasted him two or three seasons over the last decade of his career.