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Wilson Wilson A350 Series Baseball Glove 11 Inch (Right-Handed Throw)
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Rawlings Rawlings PL1258-6/0 Pro Lite Series Basket Web Fielder's Right-Handed Throw Baseball Glove (12.5 - Inches)
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NIKE NIKE Youth Sphere Dry Elite Batting Gloves
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Mizuno Mizuno Prospect Series GPL1151RG Youth Baseball Glove (Right-Handed Throw 11.50")
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  • 11.50" Ages 8 and Up
  • Right Handed Thrower
  • SureFIt, V Flex, PowerLock
  • ParaShock, ParaClose 2
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NIKE NIKE Youth Sphere Dry Elite Batting Gloves
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Mizuno Mizuno Prospect Series GPP1151 Youth Baseball Glove (11.50-Inches, Right Handed Throw)
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  • 11.50" Utility pattern
  • Patented PowerClose technology is unmatched in the industry
  • Multiple technologies makes it easier for younger players to close the glove and catch the ball
  • Helps youth players learn to catch the right way, in the pocket
  • Parashock palm pad reduces shock to minimize "sting"

NIKE NIKE Youth Sphere Dry Elite Batting Gloves
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NIKE NIKE Sphere Dry Elite Batting Gloves
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Rawlings Rawlings 88-115-0/3 "88" Series Modified Basket Web Fielder's Left-Handed Throw Baseball Glove (11.5 - Inches)
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Mizuno Mizuno Prospect Series GPL1201RG Youth Baseball Glove (12.00-Inches, Right Handed Throw)
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  • 12.00" Utility pattern
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  • Parashock palm pad reduces shock to minimize "sting"

A Look at the Different Types of Baseball Gloves

A Look at the Different Types of Baseball GlovesAuthor: Muna wa Wanjiru

Baseball Gloves are great gifts. Gloves are a type of garment to help protect and cover the hand against cold or heat, physical damage which can be caused by friction, abrasions, chemicals and diseases and their basic usage is to help protect the wearer from things which their bare hands should not touch.

Gloves are made form different materials and are used for a number of purposes Gloves are also used while people play different types of sports like cricket, football, baseball etc

A baseball gloves or mitt as it is usually called is a large glove made of leather which baseball players wear to help them catch and field balls which are being hit by the batter of the other team Doug Allison was the first man to use a baseball glove during a game when he was a catcher fro the Cincinnati Red Stockings as early as in 1870.

He happened to wear a glove because of an injury to his left hand. But the first documented proof of any baseball player wearing gloves is Charles Waitt who was a St. Louis outfielder/ first batsman who happened to wear gloves on his hands in 1875. It was considered feminine to wear gloves but it soon caught up with the baseball players and modified versions began to appear.

In the beginning baseball players used to cut off the fingertips from a leather glove and wear them so that they had padding for their bare hand. The base ball gloves began to get modified as time went by and soon they had a huge glove on one hand to help them catch the ball in the webbing of the glove and the other hand to help keep the ball intact. A baseball player who is right handed will wear a glove on his left hand while a left handed baseball player will do vice versa.

It is the pattern of the glove which decides...

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