Rawlings Heart Of The Hide Dual Core Series: PRO88DCB
Features
11.25 Inch Model
Dual Core Technology
Fastback Opening
Free Shipping
Game Ready
Heart of the Hide Soft Leather
TT Pro Lace
Wool Blend Padding
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 5 Customer Reviews
Indian Baseball
Pros: Best glove I have ever owned. Worth more than it cost, if you are trying to choose which glove to get, this should be a top competitor.
Cons: Have nothing but good things to say about this glove.
Anonymous
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Great Glove Thomas McKenzie player
Pros: Glove was very easy to break in and looks great.
Cons: Not much to say for the bad
mef57
Pros: This is my son's second Dual Core glove. His first was a Pro Taper 11" (youth sized hand opening), which was, and is, a beauty. The Dual Core gloves are made with really soft leather, which translates into a glove that breaks in extremely fast. My son started playing catch with this glove right out of the shipping box, no oiling or extra work required to break it in. These gloves have a wide, relatively shallow pocket, which makes sense, because this is essentially a middle infield glove. Looks are obviously subjective, but this glove is a standout with the matte black body and light tan heavy laces, piping, and web. Very sharp looking in the field.
Cons: This isn't a con, it's a matter of personal preference. My experience with these Dual Core gloves is that they are not "shape retaining" gloves like a Pro Preferred or a standard Heart of the Hide. My Pro Preferred is more like saddle leather than glove leather. It is made from thick, stiff leather. I can lay it down without a ball in it and it will stay open. The Dual Cores aren't like that. They get very soft and very supple very fast, and keep getting softer. Which, again, makes it an ideal youth glove, but not a glove that's really going to maintain its form and shape for a long time. Great gloves!
Pro Level Quality HoH Brad Player
Pros: Softer feel and easier and faster break-in compared to my other standard HoHs. Same pocket as traditional PRO200's. Thumb to Ring Finger close - which I like best and I didn't have to do any reworking to get it this way - seems to be the natural close/hinge of the glove.
Cons: Aligned with the positive comments I've left above, and similar to other users, the glove, without question, get's a little floppy earlier in its use, relative to the standard HoH. I then tighten web and finger lacing to help counteract which does help. Regardless, the Dual Core is still a great glove with a great feel and I continue to use it as one of my gamers.
Questions and Answers
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Can I get this glove with and I-web instead of this web? Szush
Is this a middle infield glove? Szush
Is this glove like the Rawlings Heart of the Hide PRO88DCC? Kevin
Between this glove and the Wilson DP15 which is lighter and better for an middle infielder? mac pender
Can this glove be used for pitcher? crad
About the Brand
Rawlings is a major manufacturer of competitive team sports equipment and apparel for baseball, basketball, and football, as well as licensed MLB, NFL, and NCAA retail products. Rawlings is a major supplier to professional, collegiate, interscholastic, and amateur organizations worldwide, including the Official Baseball Supplier to Major League Baseball.
The first real innovation in glove making occurred in 1912 when Rawlings Sporting Goods Company introduced the "Sure Catch" glove, which was "endorsed by leading players all over the country." The Sure Catch was a one-piece glove with sewn-in finger channels and looked better suited for a duck's foot than a man's hand. Catchers' mitts used at the time were large and bulky with a single leather thong passing for a web.
In 1920, Bill Doak, a journeyman pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, approached Rawlings with an idea for improving the baseball glove from a mere protective device to a genuine aid in fielding. The "Bill Doak" model was so revolutionary that it stayed in Rawlings' line until 1953. Its key feature was a multi-thong web laced into the first finger and thumb, which created for the first time in baseball's young life, a natural pocket.
In 1925, Rawlings unveiled a three-fingered fielder's glove, and ten years later improved the Bill Doak model with a two-piece leather web. At the same time, the "T" web became a rage for first basemen's mitts. The pocket underwent a pronounced change in 1941 when the Trapper Mitt, also known as the Claw, appeared. The "Deep Well" pocket was so unique that Rawlings quickly patented it. The design was improved in 1950 by adding a leather piece across the top. Another significant creation occurred in 1948 with the three-fingered Playmaker. A five-fingered fielder's model, with all fingers laced together, provided greater pocket control.
The six-fingered Trap-Eze evolved in the 1960's. In more recent years, Rawlings produced the Fastback design, which gives a glove a snugger fit, greater extension, and overall control. The Holdster is a slot through which a finger can be extended for additional protection from impacts on the pocket. Then, there is the Edge-U-Cated Heel with its extended U-shaped lacing and the Pro H Web and much-copied Basket Web.
Some of Rawlings's more recent glove innovations also include the unique Spin-Stopper design which reduces ball spin when the ball hits the glove, and the Cantilever glove design feature that provides a cushioned area between the hand and the glove's palm area. In all, Rawlings has produced and patented more functionally innovative glove features and designs than that of any other glove manufacturer. The result is that the modern baseball glove is much larger, more comfortable, better padded, and made to last far longer than its ancestors. It is not uncommon to see today's Major League players wearing the same Rawlings glove they wore during their college playing days. In fact, Rawlings is the #1 glove in the major leagues. Rawlings maintains about 65 models of baseball and softball mitts and gloves in its line. The prototypes of virtually all of them have been field-tested by professionals before entering a sporting goods dealer's inventory.
Glove Properties
Deals | Closeout Gloves Bundle and Save |
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Glove Type | Baseball |
Position | Infield Second Base Short Stop |
Size | 11.25 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Rawlings |
Web Type | I-Web |
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