Ep 110: Bringing baseball mitts back to life- D&J Glove Repair

Episode 110 takes Moonlight Graham into the workshop of Jimmy Lonetti and D&J Glove Repair in Minneapolis. Jimmy and his son Dom started their business as a sort of hobby when they saw the need for repairs in little league. That hobby has turned into a business that brings baseball mitts of all conditions back to life. Tim bought a 1930s glove that looked like it belonged in the trash heap and after a few weeks in the D&J workshop, the mitt was literally game ready. Like every Moonlighter, Jimmy’s story starts with his family. Jimmy’s grandpa was a shoemaker and Jimmy remembers the smell of leather and glue and even working on his own gloves (before he even knew how!). Many of the gloves D&J repairs have their own father and son story. Many sons send him gloves their dads grew up playing that they want to recondition as a gift or reviving a glove that was a gift from their father. Every glove has a story and Jimmy and Dom use their skills to bring those stories to life.