Rawlings Heart of the Hide Series: PROSCM41B Catcher's Mitt
Features
34.00 Inch Catcher's Mitt
Finger Back Linings
Modified Conventional Back
Reinforced Closed Web
Field Tested
Heart of the Hide Leather
Deer Tanned Cowhide Palm
Full Grain Leather Binding
Flexible and Light Weight
Worn by Many Major Leaguers
Free Shipping
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 16 Customer Reviews
Pros: As a college baseball player, there is no better glove on the market.Got this glove in sandstone and love it. stays true to its shape and doesn't get floppy like wilson's seem to do
Cons: hard to break in but once done the glove is amazing
Pros: Everything. Stays firm, nice deep pocket, and feels amazing. Not floppy at all, excellent quality glove, easily the best i've ever bought.
Cons: Hard as a rock at first, but worth it.
Pros: it is stiff, but soft on the inside which i love. it keeps it's shape and lasts for years
Cons: very stiff at first, but breaks in nicely
Pros: great glove overall. i got this glove this year in 2008 and i love it. great feel, easily the best catchers mitt i've ever bought. doesn't loose its shape, which i love about it.
Cons: VERY stiff at first, takes a while to break in. but after that it doesnt get floppy.
Pros: keeps its shape, deep pocket, huge pating
Cons: takes a while to break in but so worth it, you need to tighten the laces a lot, best glove ever
Pros: love it breaks in fast and keeps it shape perfect for a high school player that plays a lot of games
Cons: when first got has a deformed shape
Pros: good shape
Cons: deformed very quick ok on break in
Pros: great glove.got it in Florida a week ago and it is already forming nicely to my hand. pocket is forming already too. is also used by my favorite playrer, Joe Mauer!
Cons: very stiff atfirst.
Pros: Great glove. Kind of stiff at first but it will keep it's shape after being broken in. It has a big deep pocket which is nice for balls in the dirt. I catch alout of games for my highschool team and all of the raw. heart of the hide mitts have plenty of padding.
Cons: Break in period could be my only complaint but it is certainly worth it. I used a pitching machine and caught as many bull pens as possible. I only put glove oil on it once, mostly on the pocket, because I didn't want to weigh it down any. But I'm still working the glove in.
Pros: Perfect catchers mitt. Rawlings didn't try to do too much with it.Hard break in. Game day glove of the best defensive catcher in the game Yadier Molina.
Cons: Hard to find at stores but there is free shipping on this site
Pros: great glove!! a long break in time is good. very nice leather.
Cons: none what so ever
Pros: Stiff glove it has a great pocket. Ive had it for about 8months now love it. Ive been a catching for a long time and this is the best glove i have used.
Cons: If you whant it to be broken in good takes a while but not to bad.
Pros: greatest catchers glove. took 3 days to break in. i have used wilsons, nikes, allstars, rawlings dual core, any kind of catchers glove i have used and this is by far the greatest. it is 34 which may seem big but is the perfect size and easily manipulated to a great pocket. not heavy at all. perfect for high level baseball. not meant for little leaguers.
Cons: no index pinger pad
Pros: breaks in within a week, forms a good pocket,lightweight, amazing leather
Cons: it would be better if it came with an index finger pad, but it´s a great glove
Pros: Very good glove. Got it for my son that plays travel ball and it is awesome. Better than the Allstar Glove pro series.
Cons: Takes awhile to break in but once it does, man is it worth it.
Pros: this is a great glove. there is alot of padding and the glove isnt to heavy. the leather is also very soft on the inside while still staying stiffer on the outside. its also holds its shpe very well. i have had an a2000 and an allstar and this tops both.
Cons: it does come stiffer than most gloves, but i preffer a longer break in time. it allows the glove to form to your hand better.
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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.
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