best way to break in a baseball glove

[theogt]

Does just pounding the ball into the glove work anymore?

Nope. They've adapted.

:laugh2:

 

[TwoCentPlain]

Save money by buying a used glove and it doesn't need to be worked in.

As my dad used to say, "It ain't the glove, it is the hand inside the glove that matters." We'd always get the Kmart All-Pro cheap gloves and all the other kids would laugh and tease us. Me and my cheap glove were still better than most of those rich, spoiled kids and their overpriced gloves.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Use a little saddle soap on it. It's summer, so leave it your car or truck where the sun can hit it to further soften it up. Throw it in the dirt and beat the snot out of it with a bat.

Then, stick it in your pants












-leg at the bottom after placing a ball in the glove. This will help form the pocket.

Or, see Bob's suggestion.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Throw it in the dirt and beat the snot out of it with a bat. Then, stick it in your pants-leg at the bottom after placing a ball in the glove. This will help form the pocket.

Seriously, we've seen his pic. He's not that big!

 

[Sitting Bull]

Just broke in a fielder's glove and catcher's mitt with my boy this spring. I also swallowed my pride and googled "how to break in a baseball glove" - mostly because I remembered how no amount of oil or wrapped balls ever seemed to be better than use and time.

Turns out those fancy leather furniture conditioners they've come out with are good at making the pocket soft- better than oils that tend to add weight to the glove.

using a belt to tightly wrap a the glove around a softball formed a nice baseball-sized pocket for us.

Leaving it in a hot car to marinate seemed to help.

But it turns out, the quickest route to a broken-in glove is still daily games of catch. For the catcher's mitt. I did feed $5 into a pitching machine. We did it to work on form, but the mitt was better for the session.

Good luck!

 

[Rampage]

take some roids like your favorite baseball player and beat the crap out of it.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

The way I always did it was to oil the glove up, put a baseball in it, and stick it under the matress. That seemed to work pretty well for me.

 

[bbgun]

The way I always did it was to oil the glove up, put a baseball in it, and stick it under the mattress. That seemed to work pretty well for me.

The nudie mags didn't get in the way?

 

[UnoDallas]

In 5th grade I used to play 1st base and the kid who played 3rd base could throw it so hard that the strings on my glove would break.

in optimist league I was cacther on my team had a guy who throw so hard - I had to use a 1/2 pad and wrap in a handkerchief around my hand

and my hand still came out all bloody blisters an the such

 

[Hoofbite]

It is a very versatile technique.

 

[silverbear]

The nudie mags didn't get in the way?

Actually, the oil in the glove keeps the pages of your porn from sticking together, thus killing two birds with one stone...

Don't you love it when a plan comes together??

 

[casmith07]

One way is to use it a lot. Obviously.

Only way. Everything else is a myth.

 

[rynochop]

I used to use Neatsfoot oil every couple days. You almost couldnt use too much. And yeah, put a baseball in it and tie it up.

 

[theebs]

My old way was to use glove oil and really lather it up alot.

Then take a ball and put it in the pocket.

Then put a couple of rubber bands around or whatever you have. Really wrap it and close it.

Then put it under the mattress every night.

I used the same glove in high school and american legion for about 4 years. I used to sleep on it the entire winter! lol.

It all depends on how loose you want it to. I would imagine that would depend on what position you play and what size glove. I was a middle infielder and used a small glove so I wanted the thing to basically be falling apart!