On pages 127 and 129 of the book Glove Affairs (by Noah Liberman), there is a story about former Major Leaguer, Chico Carrasquel. According to the book, he didn’t know that he was only allowed to sign one glove endorsement deal. His first endorsement deal was with Nokona gloves but he also signed a deal with Wilson Sporting Goods. It leads to a funny story showing a small rivalry between Nokona and Wilson stemming from
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According to the book Glove Affairs (by Noah Liberman) on page 139, a lady named Jane Homme was given permission by the family of her friend to place a Nokona baseball glove in her friend’s coffin before burial. According to the book it was a Nokona Carl Erskine replica glove which was bought as a birthday present for her friend before he passed away. Nokona baseball gloves are mentioned throughout the book, so take a
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