BRUCE BOLT BLOG

Aydin Jeffress, 12-year-old Little League Star from Wyoming, hit a two-run home run in the Mountain Region Tournament that instantly made him internet famous. It wasn't just the distance of the slugger's hit: 290 feet. Aydin ended up on SportsCenter because he did so while wearing yellow ranching gloves. Nothing like the LLWSYou know when you see a kid from Wyoming wearing leather ranching work gloves, he’s hitting dingers@BarstoolBigCat pic.twitter.com/7Lir1QsMdP — Travis (@tw_cunningham) August 7, 2022 Six million views later: BRUCE BOLT Founder, Bear Mayer and Brandon Nimmo, Wyoming native and starting center fielder for the New York Mets, saw...

America's oldest newspaper, the New York Post, just wrote a feature article on the origin story of Bruce Bolt! Things like this wouldn't happen without you—our awesome community crushing it in life and at the plate every day. "Named after Mayer’s grandfather, Bruce (who was struck by lightning twice, yet lived), the company, Bruce Bolt, was born. Based out of Austin, Texas, the company sought to become the premier choice in batting gloves. Five years later, Bruce Bolt is represented by two prominent Mets, Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil, as well as other players around the league. How did it happen? The product's...

On a crazy humid July afternoon in Queens, a congregation of Little League ballplayers sat at attention as their guest of honor preached his gospel. “I’m from Wyoming,” Brandon Nimmo announced, making eye contact with his charges. “I’m not supposed to play baseball.” His entire life, Brandon has overcome preconceptions. Overcome the obstacles that fed such preconceptions. Overcome others’ doubts _ and even, at times, his own doubts. Always, he has done so with a great support system. Take the critical juncture in April of 2016 when Brandon found himself wondering whether he truly was supposed to play baseball at...

Most of our customers know that BRUCE BOLT was started 4 years ago by Bear who was 16 and needed gas money for the '93 Landcruiser he'd just purchased.  Read "A Bolt of an Idea" by Joe Favorito  What a lot of customers don't know is that for about the first year and half, Bear was only selling 1 to 2 pairs of gloves a day - if that.  He used to wake up early, pack up the orders, answer emails, post to Instagram and then head off to school, then baseball, homework and bed.  Then he'd wake up early and do...

In recent blog posts, we've talked about the best foods for tournament weekends, how to hydrate and how to keep your energy up during a double header.  One constant is the importance of "good protein".  Knowing that Protein Bars by their very name should be a source of "good protein", we wanted to delve deeper into what the best bars are for game day. ALSO READ: BE BETTER: Doing Breakfast Right BE BETTER: Double Header Nutrition Hack So we reached out to BRUCE BOLT contributor Margaret Connor, MPH, NTP on to take a deeper dive into these this entire category and see what best...

When we started BRUCE BOLT our goal was to make the highest quality baseball equipment in the world, AND we also wanted to give back to the game we love so much.  So as part of that mission, we created the "get a pair, give a pair" program where we donate a portion of every sale towards a pair of BRUCE BOLT “starter” gloves for players in youth organizations associated with the Pro Players that wear our gloves. After a bit of a rough start because of COVID, we are excited to announce that Bear and the BRUCE BOLT team have...