Bradley Trevor’s baseball glove

Bradley Trevor’s baseball glove is more than a remnant of the boy’s murder: when one of Abra Stone’s pursuers puts it on, it becomes a point of contact through which Abra can follow the group’s journey toward her. The episode turns an object associated with Bradley into a means of counter-surveillance, exposing the pursuers’ confidence as a mistake.

Identity and Use

The glove is identified as Bradley Trevor’s and is worn by an unnamed member of the group pursuing Abra. The passage does not describe the glove’s physical condition or explain how its link works mechanically. Instead, its significance emerges through Abra’s careful psychic reach toward the wearer: the object helps make one pursuer accessible to her attention.

The Journey Toward Cloud Gap

Dan Torrance, with Abra’s presence intermittently in his mind, learns details of the pursuers’ progress as she reaches out to the glove’s wearer. They stop in a town Abra calls Starbridge, which Dan suspects is Sturbridge, then leave the turnpike for secondary roads and continue toward the bright point of her consciousness. Later, they pause at a roadside café for lunch and take their time over the final stretch.

Reversal and Significance

The pursuers know where Abra is going and are willing to let her reach Cloud Gap, believing that its isolation will make their task easier. Their assumption gives the glove’s role an ironic turn: while they think the journey is unfolding to their advantage, Abra is using her connection to the wearer to follow their movements. The narrative presents the glove not as a weapon in itself but as a small, consequential link in the psychic contest surrounding the approach to Cloud Gap.