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re: What problem did baseball sliding gloves solve?
Posted on 5/5/25 at 12:20 am to Prominentwon
Posted on 5/5/25 at 12:20 am to Prominentwon
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No it wasn’t. It started in MLB. I don’t remember exactly who it was, but there was.....
Whit Merrifield of the Kansas City Royals was the first player I ever saw use it.
We called it the "Whit Mitt".
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 12:28 am to Tiger1242
Guys did get hand injuries and..... The gloves make your hand bigger and sgowbup better on instant replay
Posted on 5/5/25 at 9:24 am to Tiger1242
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I’m saying it wasn’t some huge issue that needed addressing
Players don't always get hit in the nuts either, but some choose to wear a cup.
Posted on 5/5/25 at 9:51 am to Tiger1242
The problem was there needed to be more equipment that manufacturers could sell.
Posted on 5/5/25 at 2:44 pm to dukke v
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Aerodynamics has something to do this. Think about it.
Yeah, I thought about it and it's a stupid statement.
You're not talking about a Formula 1 race car or a Funny Car on a race track where fractions of a second could be the difference between winning or losing.
You're talking about a human being running bases and speed of the legs is WAY more important than the "aerodynamic" properties of a damn oven mitt.
Posted on 5/5/25 at 2:51 pm to Yaz 8
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just hold a handful of dirt if we wanted to keep a closed fist when running the bases.
I always flipped the strap of my batting gloves out and held that.
Posted on 5/5/25 at 3:06 pm to dukke v
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Aerodynamics has something to do this. Think about it.
Peej, come on dude.
Posted on 5/5/25 at 3:31 pm to Tiger1242
My 11 year old got my mom to buy him some X brand banana sliding mitt. The damn thing cost $85. Add that to his Bruce Bolt batting gloves. I think he wanted them just to wear it in his back pocket.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 11:34 pm to Tiger1242
Nothing. Just like the asinine green 1st base.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 11:50 pm to Tiger1242
I’ve made at present approximately $4.3M off of them so I’d say they are very important.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 12:02 am to SouthernInsanity
I think they’re stupid for anything lower than high school. Even at the high school level it’s stupid unless the kid steals a lot.
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