Nokona Alpha Select 10.5" Youth Baseball Glove: S-100I
Features
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10.50 (+/- 0.25) Inch Glove Length
Colorway: Dark Brown | Tan
Conventional Open Back
Can Be Used At Any Position On A Youth Ball Field
I-Web
Built With 65% USA Labor
Weighs Approximately 450g
Entire Glove Is Made With American Bison Leather
One (1) Year Manufacturer's Warranty
Should Feature A Fairly Easy Break-In
Designed For Beginning and Pre-Teen Ball Players
Index Finger Pad For Protection And Comfort
Description
Nokona youth gloves are assembled like a work of art with elite travel ball players in mind during the manufacturing process. Some of the best youth baseball gloves in the business come from Nokona because they understand that younger players are the future of the game and that players at all levels of competition benefit from professional level quality. The Alpha series is carefully crafted out of 100% American Bison with 65% USA labor that requires virtually no break-in so that your player can be at the top of his game from day one. Each model is position specific, lightweight, durable, and extremely high-performing on the diamond. While these are labeled as baseball gloves, the Alpha series may be worn by younger softball players as well. Give your son or daughter the confidence and ability to catch pop-ups, snag line drives, and field grounders with the best of them. Nokona: America's Pastime, American Made!
This Nokona Alpha Youth Baseball Glove (S-100I) features a small 10.50-inch size (+/- a quarter of an inch), an I-web, and a conventional open back that delivers a classic-style look. Due to the size and the web, this model is mainly recommended for 10U infielders, but it may also be worn in the outfield. Be alpha and buy one of these Nokona youth gloves today with free shipping and our 100 Day Love Your Glove Guarantee. Don't forget, with our 24/7 customer service, we'll be here for you from click to catch!
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 2 Customer Reviews
Schven37
Pros: No break in period required. My son played catch with me for 1 hour the day he received it and was using this glove for his game the next day. Perfect 10.5" size for my 7 year old son who is not very big (48" tall and 49 lbs). The Bison leather is lightweight, soft and has just enough structure to it for a youth player looking for a high-end glove and the finger stalls and wrist opening are smaller for a youth player. All of his teammates wanted to try it on and check it out since it really stands out with the light colored Bison leather and red laces. Love the fact that it's made right here in America in Nocona, TX. Plan on only buying Nokona baseball gloves moving forward.
Cons: None
great glove great quality John Parent
Pros: My 7 year old is small and it is a great size for him, the break in took awhile.
Cons: none
Questions and Answers
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Does this glove require a lot of breaking in or just oil after the season? JHoward
Do you sell this ball glove in a 11.75 inch? If so, how much would it cost? Taitertot
Will you be getting in any more of the RH thrower version of this glove? If not, when will the 2019 version be released? Zack
My son is a small 7 year old. We got the Shoeless Joe Joe Junior Series: 900JRIW Youth but I think that is too small to be playing with 8-9 year olds. What’s your opinion on this glove or the Shoeless Joe Joe Junior Series: 1000JRIW Youth? Nathan Sundita
I have an 8U kid who plays little league and travel ball. He pitches and plays infield. Is this the best glove available, price does not matter? Shawn
Is this Glove Made in USA? Chris G
My 9 yr old son has this glove, fits nicely; he is 4’1", 56 lbs with small hands. Is the 11.25 s200 comparable in terms of fit on the hand? Are there other brands with this fit and size that have comparable leather? Gary Lee
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 |
---|---|
Feel | Soft |
Glove Type | Baseball Softball Youth |
Position | Infield Outfield Second Base Short Stop Third Base |
Series | Alpha |
Size | 10.50 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | I-Web |
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