- Top grade vintage style leather fastpitch catcher's glove
- Double post H-web
- Split back with adjustable closure
- Felt pocket padding with defined palm-pad
- 31" circumference fastpitch catcher's glove
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Amazon.com Baseball and Softball Glove Guide
Playing the Field
Baseball and softball gloves are specially designed to suit the needs of a given field position, with each style of glove boasting unique features to improve a player's performance at his or her position. The following is a brief summary of each glove's characteristics:
Playing the Field
Baseball and softball gloves are specially designed to suit the needs of a given field position, with each style of glove boasting unique features to improve a player's performance at his or her position. The following is a brief summary of each glove's characteristics:
- Catcher: No finger channels, with heavy palm padding and overall reinforcements to reduce the sting of repeatedly catching pitchers' throws
- First Base: Also lacks finger channels, but with less padding that a catcher's mitt, with added length to help catch infield throws and shallow pocket, enabling quick ball retrieval
- Infield: Five-fingered glove has shallow pocket for fast ball retrieval, with nine- to 10-inch youth sizes and 10.5- to 11.5-inch adult sizes, and softball infield gloves having a deeper pocket to accept the larger ball
- Second base players require smaller gloves to balance control with the need to make quick throws
- Shortstops use a mid-sized glove for ground balls and quick throws
- Third base players need a larger glove for maximum catching power
- Outfield: Glove is longer to provide extended reach, with a deep pocket to handle high-lofting balls, and sizes range from 12 inches and up for adults and 11 inches for youth players
- Softball Gloves: The characteristics, by position, of softball gloves are typically similar to their baseball counterparts, with softball gloves having more length and deeper pockets to handle the larger ball
Anatomy of a Glove
Gloves are designed to perform a relatively simple task--catch a ball. The quality of materials and craftsmanship that can go into a building a glove, however, can be surprising. Below is an overview of a glove's components and how each helps optimize your defensive game:
- Pocket: Pocket depth is determined by player position, with shallower pockets helping infielders quickly retrieve and throw the ball, and outfielders' pocket depth aiding in capturing a ball on the fly. Softball players also need deeper pockets to catch the larger ball.
- Webbing: The preferred webbing pattern is partly determined by field position and partly by player preference. Generally, open webbing helps infielders quickly retrieve the ball, closed or tightly woven webbing gives outfielders and third basemen extra support, and closed webbing allows pitchers to hide the ball from the batter.
- Backs: The back of a glove, or the part that goes across the top of your hand, can either be closed or open, which is largely a matter of player preference. Some infielders find an open back to be more flexible and forgiving, while outfielders may like a closed back with finger hole for added support.
- Wrist Adjustment: Some gloves include fit systems, or wrist adjustments, to help keep the glove tightly affixed to a player's hand. The most popular closures are buckles, D-rings, lacing, and Velcro.
- Padding: How padded a glove's pocket is depends on position, with catcher being the most heavily padded. In recent years, many manufacturers have begun to add padding to other position gloves to reduce "palm shock."
- Materials: By and large, gloves are constructed using one of three materials--leather, treated leather, or synthetic--with the differences relating to feel and durability.
- Leather: Most high-end gloves are made of leather, which offers optimal feel and durability, with leather quality being a significant cost driver
- Treated Leather: Leather material is softened and strengthened during production for quicker break-in, better durability, and lower maintenance
- Synthetic: A lower-cost alternative to leather that offers reduced durability and responsiveness, and is a good option for beginning players
Fits Like a...
As mentioned above, age and position are the most significant factors in selecting a proper glove size. Outfielders need larger gloves with deeper pockets for maximum "catchability," while infield gloves are smaller and have shallower pockets for optimal control and speedy ball removal. Some pitchers opt for infield gloves that are slightly larger than standard, yet small and shallow enough for rapid fielding and throwing. Most younger players will benefit from youth-sized gloves that help with control, and it's a good idea to resist the temptation to buy a larger glove the child will grow into.
The tables below offer a general guideline for proper glove size by sport, position, and age.
| Baseball Glove Size | ||
| Age | Position | Glove Size |
| Under 8 | Infield | 9" |
| Under 8 | Outfield | 11" |
| 9-13 | Infield | 9-10" |
| 9-13 | Outfield | 11-12" |
| 13 and older | Infield | 10.5-11.5" |
| 13 and older | Outfield | 12-12.75" |
| Softball Glove Size | ||
| Age | Position | Glove Size |
| 6 and under | All | 9-10" |
| 7-9 | All | 10-11.5" |
| 10-14 | Infield | 11.5-12.5" |
| 10-14 | Outfield | 12-13" |
| 15 and older | Infield | 12-13" |
| 15 and older | Outfield | 12.5-14" |
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Diamond DCM-F310 fastpitch catcher's mitt for the right handed player, fits on left hand, is manufactured with top grade vintage style leather. Split back design with adjustable closure for a secure fit. Double post H-web. Felt pocket padding with defined palm-pad for protection. 31" in circumference.
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This review is from: Diamond Sports Top grade vintage style leather Youth Fastpitch Catcher's Mitt (31-Inch) (Sports)
I bought this mit for my grandson. He plays Little League Rookies. He uses it at catcher and first base. He can catch any thing with this mit. It is not legal for the infield except first base. He uses it any way some folks don't know the rules and some don't care if he uses it instead of his regular glove.
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My 10 year old son typically plays catcher about 4 innings every game (6 inning games 2 per week plus practice) and is playing Fall ball for the first time this year. We had been using a team glove provided by the league but it was time to step and buy our own glove so we could practice over the summer. The glove fits great. The Velcro closure across the back of the wrist allows for substantial room to grow. The glove was fairly well broken in when we got it (far better than expected). A little glove oil and a few hours of working it in made it even better. We store it with a ball inside and rubber bands around it to just keep the shape even better. The padding is substantial and I no longer hear about the sting after catching a fast one. My son loves the classic, throw-back look, and it's a whole lot better than the team glove or even our coaches catcher's glove. It's a great glove and better than we expected. It also didn't hurt that it was PRIME eligible so the 2-day shipping was "free".
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