Your Glove of Choice-(Part 7)

In choosing a baseball glove or softball glove or mitt, you need to choose a model that is right for your position and feels good on your hand. Remember, after you ‘break in’ a glove or mitt, it will feel much better than when it was new. It will take a little time, but hang in [...]

Your Glove of Choice-(Part 6)

.Where to start-where to start? How about Akadema? They have come a long way in just a few short years, and are competing rather well with the likes of Rawlings and Wilson-especially in the area of girls softball gloves and mitts. Akadema has some fairly innovative designs that are getting more popular-and they look pretty [...]

Your Glove of Choice-(Part 5)

What if softball is your game? What kinds of softball gloves are available? We could talk about that subject for hours and hours. There are girls softball gloves, Fastpitch softball gloves, Akadema softball gloves, Rawlings softball gloves, Wilson, All-star, Mizuno and the list goes on and on. So how do you choose? Once again, you [...]

Your Glove of Choice-(Part 4)

When buying a youth glove, there are some really cheap ones and some really good ones- and a whole lot in between. All of the major manufacturers obviously make good youth gloves and mitts and there is a wide range of prices. If your youngster is just starting out, you might want to spend a [...]

Your Glove of Choice-(Part 3)

.So, let’s talk about some of the brands and types of baseball gloves, and softball gloves that are offered today. First of all, $50.00 is no longer a ‘high end’ glove or mitt; not in today’s world. Although, you can still get a pretty decent youth glove for $50.00 or slightly under, anything less is [...]

Your Glove of Choice-(Part 2)

Way back when I was seven or eight years old and just starting to play Little League baseball, I seem to remember that a teammate and I both had Rawlings youth baseball gloves. At that age and at that time, (late 1950’s) I don’t remember anyone really being ‘all into’ what brand of glove they [...]

Your Glove of Choice-(Part 1)

So, you want to play baseball or softball, or you already do-what’s your glove of choice? With so many brands and types of gloves and mitts to choose from, your decision may not be so easy. There are the ‘old lines’ such as Rawlings, Wilson and Spalding through Mizuno, MacGregor, All-Star, and many others to [...]

History of Softball-(Part 7)

Sixteen inch softball has spread to other states, but remains most popular in the Chicago area. Numerous leagues and teams have sprung up and it is even a ‘letter sport’ in Chicago high schools. With more kids and youngsters playing the game, its popularity will go on for years to come.
 
One of the really [...]

History of Softball-(Part 6)

People of all ages play 16′ softball. In the Chicago area especially, teams sprang up everywhere. There were men teams, ladies teams, park teams, mixed ladies and men teams and professional teams. It’s hard to go to a park in the Chicago area and not see a 16′ softball game going on.
 
Probably, the most noticeable [...]

History of Softball-(Part 5)

Sixteen inch softball got very popular in Chicago especially during the time of the Great Depression. All you needed to play it was a baseball bat and a 16′ softball. Nobody wore softball gloves mostly because they couldn’t afford them. This caused you to become a better fielder because it is easier to catch a [...]

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