A private challenge from Mattis was the source of this speculative piece of lit-crit: In the interests of internal consistency, do you suppose that Allie's baseball mit might actually be a "trapper".... since that's the specific athletic equipment preferred by "catchers"? SUCH a glove would (by design) provide more space for scribbled poems than a standard fielder's glove. I've always imagined Allie's glove looking EXACTLY like my old baseball glove (the one my mother threw out--for which she's NEVER been forgive!) but now I'm forced to revise my mental image.... Just a thought. Cheers, Paul