For 100 years, the Nokona company has been making iconic baseball gloves in little Nocona, Texas. Despite rocky times, the future is bright.

Ricardo Carranza uses a heated metal insert to shape the inside of a baseball glove at Nokona Ballgloves in Nocona Texas, the only U.S. maker of baseball gloves.

There’s a lot that goes into making Nokona baseball gloves stand out in the crowded sporting goods marketplace, but the thing that makes them most unique is the little tag on each one that says ...