Louisville Slugger OF1200 Omaha Flare Ball Glove (12-Inch)

by Louisville Slugger

Product Features

• 12-inch infielder/outfielder glove preferred by top pros and college players
• Made of top-grade, oil-treated Landslide leather
• Combines rich, substantial feel with quick break-in period
• Flare design provides larger catching surface and flat, deep pocket
• Extra-wide lacing for strength, open back, and "checkmate" web

Product Description

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Offering a design preferred by top professional and collegiate players up and down the ranks, the Louisville Slugger OF1200 Omaha Flare pitcher/infielder/outfielder glove is sturdy and reliable. The 12-inch glove is made of top-grade, oil-treated Landslide leather, which offers a rich, substantial feel and a quick break-in period. The glove's Flare design, meanwhile, provides a larger catching surface and a flat and deep pocket--a must when tracking down long fly balls or reacting to scorching line drives. And players will love the glove's extra-wide lacing, which provides added strength over time. There's a reason the Louisville Slugger Flare series design is the fastest-growing infield pattern in professional and collegiate baseball. Other features include a conventional open back and a "checkmate" web.

About Louisville Slugger
In many ways, the rich 120-year history of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat began in the talented hands of 17-year-old John A. "Bud" Hillerich. Bud's father, J.F. Hillerich, owned a woodworking shop in Louisville in the 1880s when Bud began working for him. Legend has it that Bud slipped away from work one afternoon in 1884 to watch the Louisville Eclipse, the town's major league team. After Pete Browning--the Eclipse's star who was mired in a hitting slump--broke his bat, Bud invited him to his father's shop to make a new one. With Browning at his side giving advice, Bud handcrafted a new bat from a long slab of wood. Browning got three hits using the bat the next day. Browning told his teammates, which began a surge of professional ballplayers visiting the Hillerich shop.

Although J.F. Hillerich had little interest in making bats, Bud persisted, eventually registering the name Louisville Slugger with the U.S. patent office in 1894. In the early 1900s, the company was one of the first to use a sports endorsement as a marketing strategy, paying Hall of Famer Honus Wagner to use his name on a bat. By 1923, Louisville Slugger was the selling more bats than any other bat maker in the country, with such famed clients as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Lou Gehrig. In the ensuing years, the company has sold more than 100 million bats, and 60 percent of all Major League players currently use Louisville Sluggers. The company now sells far more than bats, including fielding and batting gloves, helmets, catchers' gear, equipment bags, training aids, and accessories.

Product Description

The OF1200 is a 12" pitcher, infield, outfield model. It has a conventional open back and a "checkmate" web.

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001Q3LEQ4
• Item model number: OF1200
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #710,686 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)