Puerto Rican Heritage on a Kachi Glove

Puerto Rico's relationship with baseball is defined by Roberto Clemente — and by the generations that came after him with his standard hanging over them. The Kachi flag option carries that lineage onto the glove.

The country in baseball

Baseball is woven into Puerto Rican civic life, and the island has produced an outsized share of MLB stars — particularly behind the plate. The Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente is the island's top winter circuit and is named for the player whose career and humanitarian work made him the defining figure of Latin American baseball. Puerto Rico has competed at the highest level of the World Baseball Classic in every edition, finishing as runner-up in both 2013 (losing the final to the Dominican Republic) and 2017 (losing the final 8–0 to the United States, with Marcus Stroman taking a no-hitter into the seventh). The Alou family — Felipe, Matty, Jesús, and later Moisés — also runs through Puerto Rico's broader Caribbean baseball network, and the island has produced Hall of Fame catchers, second basemen, and outfielders across multiple generations.

A moment that defined the country in MLB

September 30, 1972. Roberto Clemente lined a double off Mets left-hander Jon Matlack at Three Rivers Stadium for his 3,000th career hit. It was the final regular-season hit of his career; three months later, on December 31, 1972, Clemente died in a plane crash off the coast of Puerto Rico while flying earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua. The Hall of Fame waived its five-year waiting period and inducted him in 1973. MLB's annual humanitarian award is named the Roberto Clemente Award.

Notable players

• Roberto Clemente — Hall of Fame, 1966 NL MVP, two-time World Series champion, 3,000-hit club, 1971 World Series MVP.
• Iván Rodríguez — Hall of Fame catcher, 1999 AL MVP, thirteen-time Gold Glove, 2003 World Series champion with the Marlins.
• Roberto Alomar — Hall of Fame second baseman, ten-time Gold Glove, two-time World Series champion with the Blue Jays.
• Carlos Beltrán — nine-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glove, 2017 World Series champion.
• Yadier Molina — multi-time All-Star catcher, multiple Gold Gloves, two-time World Series champion with the Cardinals.
• Francisco Lindor — multi-time All-Star shortstop, multiple Silver Sluggers, multi-time Gold Glove winner.
• Carlos Correa — 2015 AL Rookie of the Year, multi-time All-Star, 2017 World Series champion with the Astros.
• Javier Báez — All-Star and Gold Glove infielder, 2016 NLCS co-MVP and 2016 World Series champion with the Cubs.
• Edwin Díaz — multi-time All-Star closer, one of the highest-leverage relievers of his generation.

The Kachi flag option

The Puerto Rican flag goes on the wrist strap or pinky at your direction, embroidered in matched colors and included free with every custom build. Puerto Rico is one of the few baseball nations with a dedicated humanitarian award named after one of its players; Kachi treats the flag the same way the country treats Clemente — as the standard, not the exception.