r/BaseballGloves

Generally have a deal with anyone I coach - any work you want on a glove done at cost. Catcher's dad from the All Star team I coached was admiring my gloves at fall ball a couple weeks ago and asked for some recommendations on new mitts bc he couldn't afford an A2000 like he always wanted. Told him to give me a couple weeks, it would be under $100 😅

Fast forward a couple weeks - came across these separately and snagged them. $75 each. Dirty as all get out and one needed a new lace on the wrist strap, but they're perfect.

Bringing them to him tomorrow to pick one out so figured I'd show them off here first 😅

Still waiting for someone to play catch with at work! 😂

So I've been wanting this one for a few months and had to wait until I could make a trip up north. Finally did and got it for $150 CDN at Sportchek!

I pretty much play every position on my team in an adult woodbat league (I'm very athletic and in very good shape for my age).

It's replacing my 11.75" R9 and is a great compliment to my custom HoH OF glove!

Did my best to add a tasteful pop of color to this otherwise achromatic 1787.

Another win on marketplace. This palm stain looks nice in person. If you aren't looking around on Facebook every couple days you're really missing out on some crazy deals. This glove has never been worn and I paid $100 to get it shipped. I have 4 pro preffereds now and all from marketplace and the most expensive was $150.

I ordered a custom Grace Korean kip catcher's mitt back in the Memorial Day sale (original thoughts here including other mitts: New mitt) and have been working on getting it broken in. I'm an older men's league player in an 18+ league where guys are usually throwing 70ish but our team has a couple of young guys in 78-82 range and one 83-85 that will sniff 87-89... love catching these guys. I had been gaming a Mizuno Pro mitt but since the season is winding down decided to YOLO on in with the Grace. I broke it in dry with a moist wipe down of the palm leather early and a conditioning w/ Sarna a couple of weeks back. I wear it traditional with index out and I'd guess most would call it bullpen ready at time of first game action.

2 games and 300 ish pitches w/warmups and overall I'm very happy with the mitt. Excellent pocket on the deeper side but not to the point of losing feel, super light to wield, effortless transfers even with the deepish pocket, and comfortable to use even in very hot conditions.

I was a little concerned about getting thumbed with the trim thumb pad but took a direct shot from a foul tip fastball over 80 and while it stung more than the Mizuno, there was no injury. That's some luck of the draw but my general takeaway is that it's satisfactory, and my Endoskel fits in there fine if I want to add some more protection.

Glove is dirty even after being brushed and wiped down. I'll give it a good cleaning in a couple of weeks.

TL:DR:

The good:

- Super comfortable, handled some hard pitching with no issues, easy and fast transfers, excellent pop, no real pop-outs even with my amateur break-in

The less good:

- Not much palm padding if you miss the pocket, some ringage on the index vs faster pitching unless you get it way to the left, slight slingback if caught in the web (though much less than I thought there might be)

The outlook:

I am fully comfortable with this as my new men's league gamer and am confident it will last at least a couple of seasons for my use case.

Finally upgraded to a quality catchers mitt. I was using a 44 speed custom but it could not handle high velo. I was able to snag this one from Field General with a $120 discount from the shop app.

I’m not really sure what these are. We found them while cleaning out my great uncle’s house before moving into assisted living. Our 12yo baseball obsessed (2B, P, & SS) has them displayed in his room. Thought I would share!

UPDATE- Wow, I appreciate all the suggestions! We decided to go with red laces in the pocket/webbing area and chocolate brown everywhere else. I’ll post a pic tomorrow! Thanks

I’m going to take my son’s glove to get relaced and he’s not sure on the color of laces. Any suggestions on what would look good?

Also, if I tried to do it myself, is that possible?

So a while ago I got to check out the R9 JP glove.

I love it but I'm lefty so I passed on it.

I saw it go on sale online and figured I'd pick it up to loan out to the grand kids whenever they are over.

Almost makes me wish I was right handed,,, almost

Been trying to get my hands on one of these for three years! I'm gooey!

Came across this clip on instagram and thought it was interesting he’s using a 12.25

Found another steal on FB and this one needed some love. Took a bit of effort on the cleaning (posted about it on another thread), but very pleased with the result. Also first time using the black/tan laces from Flatbill and absolutely love the look.

Got my son a new INF glove to match his outfield glove

Found my holy grail of outfield gloves. A mint NOS with tags Horween TB24 (mine and everyone else’s favourite player growing up - man I miss seeing that swing).

I want to maintain its pristine condition. Any recommendations on conditioning the leather so it doesn’t dry out while also keeping it looking like it does today? I was thinking sarna leather conditioner (liquid or cream?), but if anyone else has some recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it!

Got it on ebay for 100 big ones. When i first put it on I thought it was way too big but I think its probably just me, I haven’t owned a glove bigger than 12 inches in a long long time. Leather feels good; akadema claims its kip, and its almost comically light. Extremely deep pocket too. Only complaint is the previous owner of this thing gave it a not so good shape so it’ll probably need a good beating.