Baseball Equipment Baseball Gloves

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Baseball gloves are one of the primary equipment that all baseball players need. At the beginning of baseball, gloves were not common at all in fact was never used. Although it has not been official who was the first one to use it a baseball glove,http://www.seezie.com/social/pg/blog...rs-adhere-to-t, but it was believe to have been used because of a hand injury when a player tried to catch a ball. The baseball glove did not catch on with the rest of players, since they considered the glove "softening" up the game of baseball. In the end the baseball glove is designed help prevent hand injuries back trying to either catch a ball or stopping it. But by 1890's the baseball glove was being used by all baseball players.
The first ever baseball glove was just like a normal glove, just with more padding to reduce the impact of the baseball when they catch it. But soon more and unique designs were made as it started to pick up in popularity with the players. They were first padding with the fingertips cut off so have a better grip when they threw the ball. Now gloves are made bigger than the catching hand,http://huntinginarkansas.com/album/displayimage.php?pid=27&message_id=42556b35c3bf33b d19f29747e20ceb94&message_icon=info#cpgMessageBloc k, with the webbing used to catch the ball. The hand with no glove will be used to keep the ball from falling out of the glove. With the modern glove, the old style of catching a baseball with both hands is obsolete.
There are actually a wide variety of baseball gloves out in the market depending on what positions you play. Because of the position you are put in a baseball game, the throws that you will be catching would be different and different padding and such may be required to avoid injuries. First one would be the catchers' mitts,http://www.unitedbuddies.com/blog.ph...ntry_id=182392,NFL hats,http://elearning.studiodx.it/elgg/pg...al-and-######y-wi, which comes with more padding compared to other baseball gloves. It is also in a claw-like shape that will help catch the pitches that will be thrown at them. These pitches can range from anywhere 80 to close to 100+ miles an hour pitches. With a bigger glove it will provide pitchers with a bigger target but more importantly help reduce the impact of the pitches, which they normally catch about well over 100 pitches a game.
Pitchers gloves are also different from the positions that must be employed to have a baseball game. The game of baseball requires a player to pitch balls to the batters, who in turn then tries to hit the ball out to drive in runs leading to scores. And in the game of baseball pitchers have now developed many different types of pitches to help reduce the chance of the hitter being able to hit the ball. So their gloves would actually have closed webbing, so it will cover their grip of the baseball. Since different types of pitches required different grips, if the batter sees the grip they will know what type of pitch is coming. In the game of baseball even having a little advantage can change the outcome of the game.
Infielder's baseball gloves tend to be much smaller than any other positions in baseball. But the first basemen's gloves are a little bit different from the other infielders. First off since most of the time infielders will be fielding the ball to bases they must be able to easily take the ball out of the glove to the throwing hand. So their baseball gloves tend to be smaller so it does not eat up the ball like the catchers. For first basemen,http://myprcagent.com/blog/thanks2011/787235/Street+Style++Megan+Says%2C+%26amp%3B%238216%3BMak e+Art%21%26amp%3B%238217%3B+%26amp%3B%238211%3B+Fa shion.html, their mitts are longer and wider than the other infielders' gloves. This is because it will allow the first basemen to catch and scoop up balls that are thrown wildly.
Outfielders' baseball gloves are generally designed in a way that they will be able to catch balls out in the outfield easier. Their gloves are longer to allow them to catch the baseball while they dive or when they are on the run. Also the extra lengths allow them to not have to bend down as low to field the ball back into the infield. So knowing the position that you think you will be playing the most at will help you get the right glove. But most house leagues will move you around to let you have a feel for each position so most of the time a glove that is like an infielders' baseball glove will do, until you begin to play baseball on a more serious level.
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