Baseball Gloves (1 Viewer)

[Cjw_55106]

Any of you have kids that play baseball? My son is in high school and it seems every glove that I look at, feels terrible when you put your hand in it. I wont pay anywhere close to what these gloves cost, but why do the $350 gloves feel like ####? I usally spend about $100 and the past couple of gloves I bought him were great. They felt good, looked good and had limited issues. Do these muliti-hundreds of dollar gloves feel good after they are steamed?

He doesnt need a glove, but he thinks he does. He agrees that the expensive ones dont feel right.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

My son is a sophomore and has the same issue. $100 is about the most we can see spending on a glove, but I agree that they just don't 'feel' like they did 15-20 years ago. The $35 glove I bought 15 or so years ago for church-league softball feels more durable than the ones my son has. However, the ones that seem to have the best feel to my son and I both are still the Wilson A-series, at +$200 per.

 

[Cjw_55106]

Wilson A? Is it hard as a rock when you put it on? Seems like they all are.

 

[tom22406]

Wasn't that part of the fun by breaking them in?

 

[Charlie Steiner]

Wilson A? Is it hard as a rock when you put it on? Seems like they all are.

It feels less plastic than the others. I don't really like the feel of any of them, but at least those felt like they'd last more than a season or two at the most.

 

[Cjw_55106]

Wasn't that part of the fun by breaking them in?

Maybe, but these are beyond what they use to be. Some of them you can hardly even squeeze.

 

[tom22406]

Wasn't that part of the fun by breaking them in?

Maybe, but these are beyond what they use to be. Some of them you can hardly even squeeze.

I always used some hot water and muscle to break mine in and it really only took a few tries before it was where I wanted it.

Found a video similar to what I did but I didn't have the same things he does here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i_x0neoseU

 

[belljr]

I still have my rawlings dale Murphy glove I got my freshman year in hs. Use it every year. All the stuffing in the heel is starting to come out.

Good old fashion glove oil, belt and ball under mattress still works. Then throw a ball in that thing 1000 times.

my glove was a rock when I first got it

 

[Spock]

Have no idea what they cost now, but Rawlings "Heart of the Hide" was the perfect glove for me in high school.

 

[jon_mx]

I still have my rawlings dale Murphy glove I got my freshman year in hs. Use it every year. All the stuffing in the heel is starting to come out.

Good old fashion glove oil, belt and ball under mattress still works. The throw a ball in that thing 1000 tines.

my glove was a rock when I first got it

LOL....I have the exact same glove....Dale Murphy. Still use it to play in softball leagues. A bit scared the stitching may give out, but it is a great glove. Probably spent $35 about 30 plus years ago on it. It was a high grade leather that broke in pretty easy.

 

[belljr]

I've had my re strung a few times, definitely almost out of pad in it

 

[Bobcat10]

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=19213266

 

[Todem]

Rawlings still makes high quality gloves for under 300 bucks. I personally use Louisville Slugger Omaha series gloves in my men's over 30 hardball league (and softball as well)

Love them. They break in fast and feel amazing. http://slugger.com/baseball/baseball-gloves/omaha-pro/fgop14-bn125.aspx and http://slugger.com/baseball/baseball-gloves/omaha-pro/fgop14-bn115.aspx

Rawlings is still great too. Here is a great glove for the money. It is pricey but Heart of the Hide are really high quality and feel great when broken in. http://www.rawlingsgear.com/baseball/baseball-gloves/pro12dhjb.html

 

[ebcpastor2004]

We bought my freshman one of these Shoeless Joe gloves & he loves it!

http://www.shoelessjoeballgloves.com

Searched Amazon for the vendor with the best deal. I think we spent $150-170 on it.

 

[Todem]

We bought my freshman one of these Shoeless Joe gloves & he loves it!

http://www.shoelessjoeballgloves.com

Searched Amazon for the vendor with the best deal. I think we spent $150-170 on it.

Nice!!!

 

[EYLive]

I got a $35 Rawlings Renegade softball glove from Big5 3 months ago and it's awesome. I settled on a 13" and glad I got this size instead of 14". I broke it in with some phone books, then a softball and rubber band, fits great now.

 

[Bull Dozier]

Bought my son an A2000 last summer. Had it steamed a couple of times, and worked over with a glove mallet. Did the foam treatment at home and worked it some more. He played with it the second half of the season, but it still doesn't feel broken in. I'm a little disappointed given the price tag, but I'm hoping it means it will last him forever once it is.

 

[Cjw_55106]

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=19213266

Thanks Bob!

 

[Cjw_55106]

Bought my son an A2000 last summer. Had it steamed a couple of times, and worked over with a glove mallet. Did the foam treatment at home and worked it some more. He played with it the second half of the season, but it still doesn't feel broken in. I'm a little disappointed given the price tag, but I'm hoping it means it will last him forever once it is.

This is what Im a bit worried about.

 

[MattFancy]

I have an Akadema glove that's been great to me for the last 12-15 years. Still in really good shape too. Fairly inexpensive too.

 

[Michael Brown]

Had a gamer that just got completely destroyed based off of using it from 8th grade through college and then every once in awhile playing with friends. Finally had to get a new one so I bought a Nike baseball glove for like $70 few years ago for softball (it's a little bigger than a baseball infielder's glove so it's perfect for softball). Anyway I broke it in using the Harold Reynolds method. Dunked it in a bucket of water, wrapped two softballs in the webbing, and hung it up in my shower overnight to dry out. In the morning, I lathered it up with vaseline and then beat the #### out of it with a baseball bat. Thing felt perfect right away, and still feels the same two years later.

 

[Al Czervik]

In the market for a new glove for my son too. He's been using the same glove since around 10U and needs a bigger one that he can use through High School. Will probably go find one over Christmas break so he can start breaking it in at indoor practices which start after the first of the year.

Big fan of Rawlings gloves. Of course I like the Heart of the Hide model, but $250 is a lot. Also like the Wilson A2000 Aso, which is still $240. But hey, I'm a FBG.

 

[Peak]

My son's been using a used glove we picked up at Play It Again Sports. It was 8U/9U ball, so I was looking for something I didn't have to break in (or break the wallet on). I just picked up a Mizuno 1B glove for him as his Xmas gift. I opened it up yesterday and it is already pretty soft and flexible. Not completely broken in, but not in need of much conditioning. I've used the same Rawlings glove I had since I was 14 and it still works today. My first time with a Mizuno glove, and I'm pretty impressed. I got it from ****'s and I'll most likely go to them for the Glove Steaming option if needed.

 

[Bobcat10]

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=19213266

Thanks Bob!

Just want to clarify....never actually used the service. Broke my son's (now 9 yrs old) last glove in, If he was older, I'd probably use the service assuming it "works".

 

[Cjw_55106]

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=19213266

Thanks Bob!

Just want to clarify....never actually used the service. Broke my son's (now 9 yrs old) last glove in, If he was older, I'd probably use the service assuming it "works".

I hear ya. Last year my 10 year old went to a clinic put on by ****'s and they had a steamer there. Her glove was a couple years old. Not sure what the steamer was meant to do at that point, but it didnt do much. I assume a service like this would work.

 

[walnutz]

I have probably spent more money on baseball gloves over the past 18 months than i care to think about. My then 9 year old son blew his original glove out twice. It was a 35.00 Louisville Slugger with snap flex pocket. He had used it since he was 6 probably. Had it repaired once and then it finally bit the dust. We have tried a number of different gloves and sizes - first went with a Louisville Slugger 11 inch. Probably a little too big. I also have 2 Rawlings 10.25 and 10.5 inch. None of them really broke in for him well even after steaming them at ##### Sporting Goods. So, i took drastic measures. I went to Google and Youtube. The method that worked the best for us was to cook the glove in the oven.

First - get some Hot Glove Heat Treatment. Pre Heat your oven to 350. Place glove in oven on a cooking sheet for about 90 seconds. Take out of oven, use caution as glove will be hot, and then go throw some.

Once we did this the kid never turned back.

Good luck with it.