TRIPLE PLAY, INC Triple Play, Inc. was established in 1982 by Randy Cleaver, Jim "Bluefish" Johnson, and Willie Lloyd, all ex-major league baseball players who were interested in offering quality baseball mitts at affordable prices. These players felt that, at the time, baseball glove manufacturers did not have a good sense of what the player needed in a baseball glove. They felt that they could gain a large portion of the market share by using their marketable names and having confidence in producing quality products. During their years as professional baseball players, these men established a large network of acquaintances through many avenues. They had good reputations with their coaches and management, minor league farm systems, and also little league baseball players as a result of the various baseball clinics they ran during their careers. Operations commenced in 1982 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania under complete supervision of Johnson, yet all three were close friends and agreed upon becoming business partners directly after retirement. They all had solid business backgrounds and considered success in business more challenging than success in baseball. During the first three years, Cleaver and Lloyd were still playing and agreed in written contract form to be sponsors for the gloves that were manufactured, allowing Johnson to market their names along with his on the palm of each glove. During this time, Johnson was busy solidifying the business and establishing working business relationships within the strong network he established as a player. In 1985, Cleaver retired and joined Johnson in the operations. They continued using Lloyd's name on the gloves until he retired in 1990. Cleaver and Johnson together set up TRIPLE PLAY, INC Triple Play, Inc. was established in 1982 by Randy Cleaver, Jim "Bluefish" Johnson, and Willie Lloyd, all ex-major league baseball players who were interested in offering quality baseball mitts at affordable prices. These players felt that, at the time, baseball glove manufacturers did not have a good sense of what the player needed in a baseball glove. They felt that they could gain a large portion of the market share by using their marketable names and having confidence in producing quality products. During their years as professional baseball players, these men established a large network of acquaintances through many avenues. They had good reputations with their coaches and management, minor league farm systems, and also little league baseball players as a result of the various baseball clinics they ran during their careers. Operations commenced in 1982 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania under complete supervision of Johnson, yet all three were close friends and agreed upon becoming business partners directly after retirement. They all had solid business backgrounds and considered success in business more challenging than success in baseball. During the first three years, Cleaver and Lloyd were still playing and agreed in written contract form to be sponsors for the gloves that were manufactured, allowing Johnson to market their names along with his on the palm of each glove. During this time, Johnson was busy solidifying the business and establishing working business relationships within the strong network he established as a player. In 1985, Cleaver retired and joined Johnson in the operations. They continued using Lloyd's name on the gloves until he retired in 1990. Cleaver and Johnson together set up