Most people would agree that baseball is one of the most popular sports of summer.

By most accounts, the sport evolved from similar games that were played in England in the 1700s. The first officially recorded baseball game in the US took place in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1846.

In the early days of baseball, players did not wear gloves or mitts to protect their hands. But as more and more players injured their hands, some form of protective gear became necessary.

While you might first think of baseball gear when you hear the word mitt, it has an additional informal meaning.

For example, if someone says, “Keep your mitts (see definition and hear pronunciation below) off my wallet,” the speaker is not referring to baseball!

Cool word vocabulary question of the day: How would you use the word mitt if you weren’t referring to baseball?

MITT: A padded, protective glove used for baseball; an informal term used to describe a person’s hand.

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