Let’s talk gloves!

[ButchPlz]

I always wore Easton catcher's mitts, but usually that came down to color preference and a type of padding they had in them. They usually had a really light tan glove I liked when I needed a new one.

 

[Mccage]

Rawlings Pro 1000-B

Best infield glove ever made.

I was partial to my Tony Olivia Macgregor 777

 

[distrovol]

I can vouch for the Rawlings Liberty Advanced for 8-10U fastpitch. Did a custom one for my daughter from the Rawlings website. It’s a beauty but a difficult break in. I worked on it a couple months then sent it to glove breakers in Etowah. They did a fantastic job with the double hinge break in.

 

[Frivolous]

My old Ryne Sandberg Rawlings glove is one of my treasured possessions.

 

[Voltrapnbama]

Softball here but my kid always prepared comfort no matter the cost. I was gearing up to by a 300 dollar catchers mitt and she liked a 50 dollar one better. Same with infielder glove, they didn’t last as long but I could by 3 or 4 for the price of one and she liked it better.

Both are Easton

 

[Christian Lowe]

my dad told me a story when i was a kid and he bought me my first top of the line gear about how poor they were and my grandpa still finding $85 to buy an A2000 for all three of his sons when they were old enough for full size gloves. He tells it still reminiscing on him. Thanks for posting the UT A2000, might get that for my dad for his birthday.

 

[GVF]

Question for this generation about breaking in a new glove: how do kids do it these days? We had our methods and tricks back in the day…just wonder what has changed, if anything.

TIA.

Other than the old schools ways, and we had several, places like Dick's, and prob some higher end local sports shops have a glove beater. Like an automatic hammer that works sheet metal. You can work them to your liking pretty quick.

 

[GVF]

Old Fart here. My go to glove (outfield) was a lower price but full leather Rawlings that was most likely a softball glove. 12.5+". Broke it in for baseball. Continued using it in men's softball as a has been for many years into my late 30's. And it got a lot of mileage on it. Our team would typically play 3 different leagues in the spring summer and fall around middle GA. And would play tourney's every other weekend from Feb-Oct. And quality for USSSA regionals by May. (Only two of us were clean cut so we never got money sponsors to go, but always ranked in the top 50 in D-class GA out of over 200. We were deceptively good. Many made the mistake of judging us by our other teammates. Still only know most of them by their nick names). But, I digress. Anyhow, that glove, which is now probably their $130 outfield softballer is still going strong after 35 years give or take. Maybe even back to 1984ish. I think I bought it new for travel ball and college. My son even toted it in his bag as his back-up and positional glove till he graduated HS in '21. And uses it in intramural softball now. It's a total vacuum cleaner. Solid well built glove for the money and longevity.

 

[Jxn Vol]

Brown Rawlings Dale Murphy signature in Little League

Switched to a black Rawlings to begin HS

Loved my Wilson Conform A2000 I used in HS, travel ball, and in college.

Had an Easton catchers mitt also in the rare instance I was asked to catch.

I think the Wilson is superior but I had teammates that loved their Mizuno gloves. Also the Nokona gloves were nice when they came out years ago. I have no idea if they are still decent. Been out of the game a few years.

 

[Orange.]

Somebody had to do it.

 

[VolDave53]

Hard to beat an American made Wilson glove. I always loved wearing them.

I don't know if still accurate, but they used to be made in Tullahoma, TN.

 

[The Dog]

My old Ryne Sandberg Rawlings glove is one of my treasured possessions.

I, only ever had 2 Rawlings gloves from T-Ball until I quit playing softball in my late 20's. My first one had Tom Seaver's signature and my last one, Dale Murphy