When it comes to playing ball, a glove is a glove — right? Yes, but in the same sense that you can technically play softball wearing basketball sneakers but cleats will make an athlete more effective ...

Last summer, WCTV introduced you to Glove Refresh, a glove relacing and break in business. Since then, business has doubled, in work, in revenue, and also space.

Grand Slam USA 2.0 is open for select services, such as glove relacing and bat grip wrapping, but the store hasn’t celebrated its official grand opening. That is tentatively scheduled for late May.

Clarkstown North pitcher Kaitlyn Fudge has been using the same glove since she was in eighth grade, despite its battered condition.