Rockies’ Ian Desmond honors Indian community with custom glove

The Colorado Rockies have called Salt River Fields their home for spring training since the complex opened in February of 2011.

The complex was the first spring training facility to be built on tribal land. And now, Rockies outfielder Ian Desmond is showing his appreciation for the community that built his team’s home in the Valley.

Desi is honoring the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community with his custom designed and crafted glove. pic.twitter.com/iAiAgyIYNA

— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) February 22, 2018

The glove was hand-crafted by Mizuno, a popular company known for producing baseball gloves worn by MLB players across the league.

The Rockies will take the field for their first Cactus League game of 2018 against the Arizona Diamondbacks at 1:10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23 at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale.

You can catch all of the action on ESPN 620 AM.

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