Nokona Alpha Select 11.25" Youth Baseball Glove: S-200I
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11.25 (+/- 0.25) Inch Pattern
Constructed with Full Grain American Kip & SuperSoft Leather
Should Feature A Fairly Easy Break-In
I-Web
Made in the USA - Since 1934 (Nocona, TX)
One (1) Year Manufacturer's Warranty
Conventional Open Backing
Weight: Approx. 475 g
Colorway: Dark Brown | Light Tan
Designed To Fit Pre-Teen Ball Players
Index Finger Pad For Protection And Comfort
Can Be Used At Any Position On A Youth Baseball Field
Description
Introducing Nokona's Alpha Select Series! Constructed from top-of-the-line leathers, Stampede and Buffalo for ideal structure, weight, and very easy break-in. The combination of these two proprietary Nokona leathers makes these gloves ready for play right off the shelf without any need for steaming. Nokona has built a reputation for providing the highest quality gloves made with top grade leathers, that are made right here in the U.S.A. For over 75 years, Nokona has been making their product in Nocona, Texas where the people have dedicated their lives to providing the highest quality ball glove for players that demand excellence. This is their legacy. Since 1934, Nokona has been producing ball gloves for America's pastime right here in the United States.
This Nokona Alpha Select Series: S-200-I Youth features an Approximate 11.25" Pattern, I-Web Design, and is one of the highest quality Youth gloves available. Nokona: America's Pastime. American Made.
Reviews (13)
Average Ratings Based on 13 Customer Reviews
Pros: Great glove for my 9 year old lefty. His first non-junior glove and he hit the ground running with it. A few rounds of catch in the front yard and it's practically game ready. With this mitt gone are the days of having to break-in a mitt for months before a kid can be confident to use it in a game. I'd be really hard pressed to not buy all my kids Nokona gloves from here on out. I'm trying to justify abandoning my Rawlings Trap that I've used for years and getting a Nokona of my own.
Cons: None.
Pros: -high quality, sturdy leather -lightweight for how strudy it is -breaks in like a dream -fits youth hands well i poured hot water on it the first night and shaped it to get a little flare using a mallet and wrapped it overnight with the break in kit. next few days i used the nokona conditioner and mallet moxed with playing catch. this glove is game ready after 4 days!!!! i can tell that the leather is high quality and will hold up long term.
Cons: -a little pricey for a youth glove
Pros: Bought this glove in June of 2017. The quality of the leather is unmatched for a youth glove. Broke it in the old fashioned way - Playing catch. After over 40 games, the glove is holding up like a dream. Stiff in the right places and soft in the right places. He plays infield and pitches with it. Glove never goes in a bag and sits palm down, never on its side. It's still like new but broken in. Can't overemphasize the quality of the leather and its suitability for a youth player. It is not too small!
Cons: Laces stretch so make sure to tighten the webbing every so often to keep balls from going through the web.
Pros: First glove got lost by UPS , second glove was shipped in 1 day ( great service ) . My 10 year old son loves the glove , after 3 days of playing catch and some fielding , gloves performs awesome . Nokona may cost a little more but like they say - you get what you pay for . Great youth glove !!!
Cons: none
Pros: This glove looks impressive, requires little to no breakin and is an excellent size—especially for the experienced young player with small hands.
Cons: My son started with the S100 and graduated to the S200. Both gloves performed well for two seasons (spring and fall). Then they rapidly lost structure becoming very flimsy and floppy. Furthermore, both gloves developed holes in the identical place on the outer palm directly below the pocket. We contacted Nokona on the S200 and they graciously beefed up the structure free of charge. Unfortunately, we were only able to get one more season out of the glove before it lost structure again. Be aware that gloves requiring little breakin will not maintain their structure over the long haul.
Pros: I purchased this glove for my nine-year-old son who plays a lot of select ball. He’s on the smaller built side of a lot of the kids his age and this glove is pretty heavy compared to most gloves if not all. It is not game ready out of the wrapper. We’ve thrown each day for the last week or so and it’s breaking in nicely.
Cons: Expensive but worth it Heavy
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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 Tan |
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Feel | Soft |
Glove Type | Baseball Youth |
Position | All Positions |
Price | $200 - $299.99 $250 - $299.99 |
Recommended Age Range | 7-9 10-12 13-15 |
Series | Alpha Select |
Size | 11.00 11.25 11.50 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | I-Web |
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