After 42 years, it seems any idea of getting the glove back would be impossible. Essentially, the greatest odds were that it ended up in someone’s garage or basement, a long time ago. Worse still, it may have gone to a local landfill after cleaning. Apparently someone kept it for years, moved with it to Florida, and eventually sold it to a thrift store.
No one knows how the ancient glove found its way to Jupiter, Florida. But luckily it is and Lady Lizzie came across it while snooping around a thrift store.
As soon as she saw the glove, emotion overwhelmed her. “When I first saw my wife she was about to cry and shake,” Mr Lacey said. “I thought something had happened and flipped the glove upside down to the side I could see.”
When she sent the photo of the glove to her son, Christopher was also very excited. “He was so excited,” Ms Lizzie said, “that he was jumping in place. He had just said, ‘Mom, take her home. ”
Today, the Lisi family, whose baseball gloves already carry sentimental weight, is reclaiming the glove. Their story is one of the most amazing, even miraculous, extravagant shopping tales.
