Marcus Gurule (better known as "G") took the common army backpack material, Cordura, and used it to craft baseball gloves for Emery Glove Company. G is an Army veteran who served the United States for two decades. It had to be destiny that he was able to join up with Emery right at the time that they were working with the military-inspired Cordura material to improve their baseball glove offerings and differentiate themselves in the market!

Our Beyond the Glove conversation took us back to G's roots in California and New Mexico where his mother taught him to sew and where he observed his father taking care of the local baseball league's worn-down equipment. Fast forward many years and multiple tours of duty in the Global War on Terrorism, he was urged to take up a hobby as his career in the Army was winding down. The hobby he chose drew inspiration from the examples demonstrated by both his parents: using his sewing skill to help repair damaged baseball gloves.

He spent a few years behind a sewing machine fixing baseball gloves late at night while he was completing his military career during the days. Those late nights allowed him to build his own personal glove repair brand (known as Guts and Glory Trade). And once his time in the Army was officially complete, he had a full body of (glove)work to display and was able to market himself as a dynamic designer to glove brands. After plenty of grind, Emery decided to bring him on board in 2022 and the company has flourished since G joined the team.

You'll be inspired when you hear the story of G's journey through the military, to running his own glove repair brand and finally to crafting gloves for a rapidly-rising glove company!