Eight-year-old Gavin Batarse braved 'Shark Tank' to pitch his business, Glove Wraps — and landed a $50,000 offer from billionaires Mark Cuban and Michael Rubin.
On Friday's episode, that kid was Gavin Batarse, an avid baseball player and the CEO of Glove Wrap. Alongside his dad and sister, Jon and Morgan Batarse, Gavin pitched the product he invented, which helps baseball players break in their stiff new gloves — making the leather more pliable and molding its pocket to the shape of the ball.
Some players wrap baseball gloves in rubber bands or stuff them under sofas. Others swear on a simpler method: Simply catch baseballs with your new glove, repeatedly."My dad and I just bought me a new glove, and we were going to use the old-fashioned way to break it in with rubber bands, but we didn't have enough," he said. "So I found a piece of rubber that my dad used when he hurt his leg and I asked him if we can wrap the entirety of the glove with it.
Most of the Sharks dropped out, saying Cuban and guest judge Michael Rubin, CEO and founder of sports retailer Fanatics, would be the best fits. "I believe you're going to be a winner and I want to be able to invest in anything you do in the future," Rubin said.
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