glovework en · NOUN
Etymology
From glove + work.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Fielding ability in sports such as in baseball or cricket where fielders wear gloves.
A half-century after Branch Rickey harrumphed, “There is nothing on earth anybody can do with fielding,” all these pixels and bits will almost certainly revolutionize the analysis of baseball glovework.
2009, Alan Schwarz, Digital Eyes Will Chart Baseball’s Unseen Skills, New York Times: