The product GLOVEMATE was invented, designed and patented by Jeff Greenhalgh. As a highly-heralded baseball player in high school and college, Jeff was drafted in the 15^th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates as a power hitting, Gold Glove award-winning first-baseman.

Several injuries could not be overcome which ended Jeff’s baseball career. Besides playing and being a lifelong baseball fan, I always wanted to do something that would have a lasting impact for players of the game. Said Jeff, “I always remembered at every level of baseball, the stinging pain of catching hard hit and thrown balls.” At an early age, Jeff was the official batboy for the Cincinnati Reds during Spring Training (Tampa, FL) for three years. Said Jeff, "Even as a former batboy and then turning pro myself, at the pro level I was not surprised to see many notable pro players putting anything they could find inside their glove to "stop the sting” before taking the field.

Jeff always remembered the stinging soreness and palm bruises of catching several hundred balls every day during baseball season. Jeff's decision to design a product that would become the most effective, professional product ever made to “stop the sting” soon proved immensely successful.

Within three years of hard work and marketing, Jeff’s product Glovemate had become the staple, #1 product sold in over 3,500 sports retail stores and used every year by thousands of baseball and softball players of every age and level.  To date, more than 800,000 Glovemates have been sold and used by baseball and softball players throughout the USA.

As a result, Glovemate became and remains the leading, #1-product and brand to “Stop the Sting” for baseball players, from major leaguers to youth players. For its immense use and success, Glovemate was permanently placed for exhibit into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (Cooperstown, NY) .

On one occasion during a business meeting with the Sr. baseball equipment buyer for Academy Sporting Goods in Katy, Texas, Jeff stated, “As a kid I dreamed of one day making the MLB Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. I certainly didn’t make the Hall of Fame… but my product did.” The buyer across the table looked up, smiled and said, “Jeff, you DID make the Hall of Fame, actually you did.”

Jeff's journey continues to enjoy developing relationships with baseball and softball executives, retailer's buyers, and ball-players at all levels. Simply interacting and being around baseball fans and the game he loves has been much more rewarding than a consolation. As Jeff always says… “Play Ball!”

If it doesn’t say Glovemate, it’s a cheap imposter!