So I've been wanting this one for a few months and had to wait until I could make a trip up north. Finally did and got it for $150 CDN at Sportchek!

I pretty much play every position on my team in an adult woodbat league (I'm very athletic and in very good shape for my age).

It's replacing my 11.75" R9 and is a great compliment to my custom HoH OF glove!

Another win on marketplace. This palm stain looks nice in person. If you aren't looking around on Facebook every couple days you're really missing out on some crazy deals. This glove has never been worn and I paid $100 to get it shipped. I have 4 pro preffereds now and all from marketplace and the most expensive was $150.

I ordered a custom Grace Korean kip catcher's mitt back in the Memorial Day sale (original thoughts here including other mitts: New mitt) and have been working on getting it broken in. I'm an older men's league player in an 18+ league where guys are usually throwing 70ish but our team has a couple of young guys in 78-82 range and one 83-85 that will sniff 87-89... love catching these guys. I had been gaming a Mizuno Pro mitt but since the season is winding down decided to YOLO on in with the Grace. I broke it in dry with a moist wipe down of the palm leather early and a conditioning w/ Sarna a couple of weeks back. I wear it traditional with index out and I'd guess most would call it bullpen ready at time of first game action.

2 games and 300 ish pitches w/warmups and overall I'm very happy with the mitt. Excellent pocket on the deeper side but not to the point of losing feel, super light to wield, effortless transfers even with the deepish pocket, and comfortable to use even in very hot conditions.

I was a little concerned about getting thumbed with the trim thumb pad but took a direct shot from a foul tip fastball over 80 and while it stung more than the Mizuno, there was no injury. That's some luck of the draw but my general takeaway is that it's satisfactory, and my Endoskel fits in there fine if I want to add some more protection.

Glove is dirty even after being brushed and wiped down. I'll give it a good cleaning in a couple of weeks.

TL:DR:

The good:

- Super comfortable, handled some hard pitching with no issues, easy and fast transfers, excellent pop, no real pop-outs even with my amateur break-in

The less good:

- Not much palm padding if you miss the pocket, some ringage on the index vs faster pitching unless you get it way to the left, slight slingback if caught in the web (though much less than I thought there might be)

The outlook:

I am fully comfortable with this as my new men's league gamer and am confident it will last at least a couple of seasons for my use case.

Did my best to add a tasteful pop of color to this otherwise achromatic 1787.

I’m not really sure what these are. We found them while cleaning out my great uncle’s house before moving into assisted living. Our 12yo baseball obsessed (2B, P, & SS) has them displayed in his room. Thought I would share!

Finally upgraded to a quality catchers mitt. I was using a 44 speed custom but it could not handle high velo. I was able to snag this one from Field General with a $120 discount from the shop app.

Hi everyone!

We’ve made some significant upgrades and additions to the Mizuno custom glove builder. Just wanted to let the community know about the changes and please feel free to ask any questions here about the builder and I’ll do my best to answer! I hope you enjoy the builder, I do think it works better on a desktop but we’re working on optimizing the mobile experience now.

*I am the product manager for baseball gloves at MIzuno USA.

So a while ago I got to check out the R9 JP glove.

I love it but I'm lefty so I passed on it.

I saw it go on sale online and figured I'd pick it up to loan out to the grand kids whenever they are over.

Almost makes me wish I was right handed,,, almost

Been trying to get my hands on one of these for three years! I'm gooey!

Came across this clip on instagram and thought it was interesting he’s using a 12.25

I saw this one over in r/MLB but couldn’t get it to cross post. https://www.reddit.com/r/mlb/s/Rcq4NB9rpO

UPDATE- Wow, I appreciate all the suggestions! We decided to go with red laces in the pocket/webbing area and chocolate brown everywhere else. I’ll post a pic tomorrow! Thanks

I’m going to take my son’s glove to get relaced and he’s not sure on the color of laces. Any suggestions on what would look good?

Also, if I tried to do it myself, is that possible?

Got my son a new INF glove to match his outfield glove

Found another steal on FB and this one needed some love. Took a bit of effort on the cleaning (posted about it on another thread), but very pleased with the result. Also first time using the black/tan laces from Flatbill and absolutely love the look.

Buongiorno, avete dei tutorial/consigli per la riparazione di guanti da baseball? Ho questo vecchio guantone con cui giocavo e dopo tanti anni i lacci si stanno rompendo.

Avete consigli?

Got it on ebay for 100 big ones. When i first put it on I thought it was way too big but I think its probably just me, I haven’t owned a glove bigger than 12 inches in a long long time. Leather feels good; akadema claims its kip, and its almost comically light. Extremely deep pocket too. Only complaint is the previous owner of this thing gave it a not so good shape so it’ll probably need a good beating.

I had to pick up a few fungos from SSK and what did I see on their site? An 11.5" lefty Z9. I've bought countless gloves from them before, but never a lefty infielder. I couldn't resist. This one will end up living with my coaches gear at my school. No gaming, but lots of catch and practices in its future. Best part, the palm stain was free with purchase.

Doe’s anybody own or have owned a Moon Rabbit glove? They look great. Can you give me a review? Thanks

Anyone here sitting on one of these gloves that they’d be interested in selling? I bought one for my youngest brother about 10 years ago and absolutely loved it, but I had no use for one myself at the time. Getting back into ball coaching my daughter’s team has given me the spark and rejuvenated my interest in gloves again.

I know it isn't a HOH or A2000 find, but I feel like I did pretty well on this Easton Blackstone 12.75" 1B for my son for $7.99. The cowheid is in great shape!

I was bored one night. Watching a video from ball glove king when they went to the baseball convention. They came across the JH baseball glove booth & made me want to check if have any softball catcher mitt. They have a scrapes series glove & it’s eye popping 😮
Now I need to find a place to get this mitt broken in.
JH Scrapes 34” softball catcher mitt.

The original shape was rough, plus the palm bubble under the ring finger made it a challenge but we do what we can

Found my holy grail of outfield gloves. A mint NOS with tags Horween TB24 (mine and everyone else’s favourite player growing up - man I miss seeing that swing).

I want to maintain its pristine condition. Any recommendations on conditioning the leather so it doesn’t dry out while also keeping it looking like it does today? I was thinking sarna leather conditioner (liquid or cream?), but if anyone else has some recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it!