Rawlings Pro Preferred 12.75" Starling Marte Baseball Glove: PROS3039-6CB
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Starling Marte Game Day Model
100% Wool Wrist Padding Aids In Pocket Formation
12.75 Inch Pattern
Break-In: 70% Player, 30% Factory
Colorway: Black / Tan / Gold
Deertouch Finger Back Lining Adds Unmatched Luxury
Conventional Open Back
Full-Grain Kip Leather Provides Long Lasting Structure
Outfielder Glove
Padded Thumb Sleeve
Pittards Sheepskin Palm Lining Adds Superior Comfort
Pro H-Web
Tennessee Tanning Rawhide Leather Laces - Adds Structure, Durability, & Strength
Description
The Rawlings Pro Preferred has a reputation for being a staple at the highest levels of the game repeatedly over the years. Known for their long-lasting, full-grain kip leather, the Pro Preferred gloves continuously break-in to form a perfect pocket based on the owner's preference. Professional game-day patterns and high-quality components combine to create the very best in the game that players of all ages and skill level have come to rely on season after season. Each glove offers a variety of different features that contribute to the greatness that is the Rawlings Pro Preferred. First off, the Deertouch finger back lining adds an unmatched luxury to each baseball glove. Secondly, a 100% water resistant wool padding assists with the formation of the pocket and helps the glove hold its shape over a longer period of time while the Pittards sheepskin palm lining wicks away moisture. Similar to that of other Rawlings ball gloves, the Tennessee tanning rawhide leather laces add structure, durability, and strength. Additionally, each thumb loop comes padded for added comfort and to ensure a premium fit. Rawlings: The Mark Of A Pro!
This model, the Rawlings Pro Preferred Baseball Glove (PROS3039-6CB), features a 12.75-inch pattern, a professional H-web, and is the game day model of MLB outfielder Starling Marte. Wear what the pros wear and order your Rawlings baseball glove today with fast, free shipping at JustGloves. Remember, we're here for you from click to catch!
Warranty
Rawlings has been making high quality gloves for many years. Because of that, they know that they must take care of customers. All Rawlings gloves have a twelve (12) month warranty from the purchase date. Be sure to note that the warranty does not cover gloves that have been microwaved, gloves that have been placed in an oven, over-oiled gloves -or- gloves with broken laces. If you feel you have a warranty issue with the Rawlings glove you purchased from JustGloves, please reach out to the Glove Experts. They can get you the product information needed to begin a warranty return to Rawlings.
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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.
Glove Properties
Age Range | 13-15 High School-Adult |
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Color | Black Brown |
Feel | Extra Stiff |
Glove Type | Baseball Slow Pitch Softball |
Position | Outfield |
Series | Pro Preferred |
Size | 12.75 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Rawlings |
Web Type | H-Web |
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