I think this is an Outfielder's Glove

[TallPaul]

Partly since there is nothing in this forum and partly so I can ramble about my cheap glove:

Okay, I don't actually play baseball, but just practice throwing, catching, and hitting with my kids. We have a lot of fun anyway. So I needed a glove, and bought the cheapest one that seemed like it would work. I got a Rawlings Players Series PL125, which is imitation leather and a 12.5 inch glove. I think that is about big enough to be considered an outfielder's glove, but would also work for infield. Anyway, for $30 it works fine for me. Now maybe if I tried a $100+ glove I would say, "wow, this is much better," but chances are that will never happen. Another advantage of this cheap glove is that it hardly needed to be broken in. It was easy to close from the get go.

[TallPaul]

Wow! I just picked up an early 90s Rawlings RBG4 13" Steve Avery all leather shell glove used and in very good condition for $15 at Play it Again Sports. Took it out last night for some practice. It's great. While my cheape works fine, it is getting too much wear already. This RBG4 is a pretty heavy leather and will hold up for a long time. I don't mind 13" as I have big hands (long, not fat) that don't fit most gloves. I can't get my hand into my wife's 12" Nike.

I called Rawlings and they say sugg retail in the day was $90, but I see Walmart sold it for about $35. Still a very good glove and has metal gromets along heel where lace goes. Only thing wrong is liner is worn at heal of hand. No big deal though.

Rawlings said shaving cream would not hurt glove. My shaving cream does not have lanolin, which I am not sure is best for glove anyway, but has fatty esters, which I think would be good. I told the Rawlings rep and he did not disagree, but then who knows what he knows. Anyhow, two applications of shaving cream and now it smells limey and a bit smokey, yeah was from smokers house.

What a deal though as the same store has some used Muzino gloves marked about $80 each and more worn in too.