In this episode, Ben sits down with Will Taylor of the Baseball Bat Bros. Although Will specializes in bats now, he grew up as a skilled infielder, caught at the University of Utah and is still extremely knowledgeable when it comes to gloves and mitts. Watch and listen as these two cover everything from how Will prefers to break in his catcher's mitts to his top memory from playing Little League.

00:00: Introduction
1:10: Will Taylor of the Baseball Bat Bros
2:48: Were you always a catcher?
4:21: Catching bullpens
5:40: Were you a hit-first, field-second player?
7:09: Were you a gearhead growing up and what type of bat/glove did you play with?
8:49: Do you still have one of your original gloves from when you were a kid?
10:00: Baseball glove restoration
11:07: Did it wear on you when someone hit a home run off one of your pitchers?
13:00: The BESR vs. the BBCOR era
14:20: Has Hollywood hurt catchers?
15:00: When you were a kid, was baseball your best sport?
16:00: When you got to Utah, what type of mitt did you catch with?
19:14: Did you go pinky and ring finger in your pinky slot? How did you wear your catcher's mitt?
20:30: The box break-in vs. the flat or one hinge break-in
21:40: Did you rock a thumb cast in college?
25:40: The Ball Glove King
26:35: 3 Strikes
26:56: Strike #1 - Favorite baseball memory from Little League
30:32: Strike #2 - Will's baseball nickname
33:10: Strike #3 - Will you ever get into coaching baseball?

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