Nokona American Legend Series: AL-3200 Catcher's Mitt
Features
32.00 Inch Pattern
Break-In Required
Conventional Open Back
Closed Web
Sandstone Leather - Top-Grain Steerhide Provides Firmness and Structure
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One (1) Year Manufacturer's Warranty
Weight: Approx. 680 g
Individually Handcrafted
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 4 Customer Reviews
Anonymous
Pros: looks cool
Cons: broke the first week i got it. not good for 85+ velocity.
Review Connor player
Pros: Glove is awesome so far.. catch a couple bullpens with kids throwing 85+ and you cant feel a thing. Leather is a grade above an A2000. The glove is really light too
Cons: none
Nokona Review College Catcher player
Pros: American made. Awesome for a younger player. Almost no break in needed
Cons: Doesnt hold up with velos over 80 MPH
josh
Pros: good glove, nice leather, easy break in,gorgeous glove
Cons: ball pops out at times, glove gets to be "over broken in" quickly
Questions and Answers
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Would this glove last as long as the A2000 Pudge? collegecatcher
Is this glove lighter in weight than most gloves? eddie
Is this glove a step up or down from Nokona's Blood Line Black series? Bowles
What catching glove (Nokona) do you recommend for 85+? Nokona dude
What kind of shape is the used version of this glove in? How would I go about purchasing it? daddyO
I am a 14 year old catcher, I want a glove that is going to last me through the years. Would you recommend a 32 inch or 33 inch? josh
How could I get this glove in 33 inch? josh
My son is a 12 year old catcher. Which would be the catchers mitt for him, the Nokona Al-3200 32 inch mitt or the Nakona S-120 31.5 inch mitt? Todd
My son is a 12 year old catcher. Which would be the catchers mitt for him, the Nokona Al-3200 32" mitt or the Nokona S-120 31.5" mitt? Todd
How long does this mitt take to break-in? Coleslaw
Does the size play a little bit bigger? Slaw
Does it come in right hand throw? trey
About the Brand
Joe Phillips writes about his visit to Nokona. It was like sitting in at the plantation party in Gone with the Wind or maybe gazing from the grandstand at the “Field of Dreams” while the Black Sox players tried to work out their idled muscle kinks. And, I was gently reminded by the lines in that movie while I dug into a delicious plate of North Texas barbecue: “threshing crews eating at outdoor tables. It continually reminds us of what once was, like an Indian-head penny in a handful of new coins. . . You talk a good dream.” And here I was. . . graciously invited into this magical and charming “Field of Glove-Making Dreams” in former Comanche Indian land at Nocona, Texas. It was a warm August evening, basked in a golden harvest moon, while friends and the Nokona family paid its kindly southern regards to two of their own and two of America’s finest but relatively obscure glove makers, Bobby Storey and Elvin Ray “Ab” Lemons. You see, the pair had just completed fifty years of time-honored employment with Nocona Athletic Goods, the last of the all-American made ball glove company's. The occasion brought echoes of past successes and human contentment, but in Nocona today you still experience much the same American texture of yesterday and perhaps a glimpse into tomorrow as well.
The two stately gentlemen were being honored in a way that could have taken place in the same manner when they first reported for full-time work at Nokona, in 1952, or back even earlier, in 1933 when the company started making sports equipment. During a brief and informal presentation at the celebration, Nokona’s new sales manager called the two glove makers “Legends - because that’s what their ball gloves stood for, American know-how and pride taken in a best-made product.”
A man of few words but a marveled craftsman who could literally conjure a sows ear into a playable baseball mitt, Mr. Lemons got up and fondly recalled the several men he worked with through his half-century and of the training that had been passed along to him from his old bosses.
His counter part and just as talented, Bobby Storey, had filled in at just about every job at Nokona. Bobby, the son of the sporting goods founder, R.E. “Bob” Storey had most recently served as president and now chairman of the board of Nokona. Though past retirement age like Mr. Lemons, he’s now serving at one of his favorite roles, that of ball glove designer.
At a time for employment in this country when five years is considered a long tenure with the same company, Ab and Bobby are not even the first to complete a half-century journey with Nocona Athletics. The now deceased Jewell Brickey, hit that milestone in 1993, after joining the company during World War II. That’s the kind of devotion that employees forge into this glove-making outfit. A devoted and sustained tenure here is not rare. Last year the company advertising, displayed along with Storey and Lemons, three other employees who had garnered 40 years with Nokona, Warren Clary, Bud Meekins, and Melvin Weedin.“
I don’t have to tell you that the one constant through all the years has been baseball”, wrote W.P. Kinsella. And the most constant of ball glove makers has been Nokona, and the men and women there who keep alive the tradition of American craftsmanship of ball glove making. The spirit of glove-making is still alive and well in Nocona, Texas.
Glove Properties
Color | Brown |
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Feel | Stiff |
Glove Type | Baseball |
Position | Catcher |
Size | 32.00 |
Sub Type | Catchers |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | Fully Closed Two Piece Closed |
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