Baseball Gloves in 2018 – from Baseball Express
Apart from the bat, the baseball glove (or mitt) is very likely the most important and recognizable piece of baseball equipment. Due to this reason, when you’re in the market for a new glove, the available selection is simply daunting and can make you fell anxious about picking a bad or wrong one. Luckily, there’s actually method to this madness and we will guide you step-by-step in picking the perfect glove for you. The very first criterion that we’ll need to address is your type of throw: left or right handed. Pretty straight forward: if you’re throwing with your right hand, then you’ll need a left hand glove and vice-versa. Then, the very next filter is the position you will be playing in, more specifically if you’re going to be infield or outfield. Just to get this out of the way: for the purpose of this article, we will consider pitchers as being infield. So, the difference generally lies in the length of the glove, with outfield players needing longer ones, as well as the size of the pocket which should be slightly larger for the outfielders. Infielders, pitchers included, need shorter, smaller gloves so the ball is easier to be taken out and thrown. From here on, things get a bit more complicated as we move on to the webbing shape/pattern, but since we already went through the...
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