Paul Cunningham is proud to be a Leather Head and eagerly shows people his supple although smaller than regulation balls.
Got your attention?
Jason Gay writes today in The Wall Street Journal about Cunningham leaving his job as a Major League Baseball photo editor to pursue a dream beyond photography.
He began selling cross-stitched baseballs made by hand in a shop in his home. Mainly sold as keepsakes, the balls weren’t enough to make a business. A hobby, yes. Not a business.
Next Cunningham designed a new football, smaller than regulation and made of a more supple leather with rawhide laces and little printing on the outside.
He’s now in a second floor shop above a sign maker and auto garage where he makes the footballs. It’s a business.
Read The Wall Street Journal story.
