Rawlings Pro Preferred Series Adrian Gonzalez Game Day Glove: PROSFM20C First Base Mitt
Features
* Same Pattern Worn by Adrian Gonzalez *
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Double Heel Break First Base Mitt Pattern
12.25 Inch Pattern
Colorway: Camel / Brown / Royal Blue
Break-In - 20% Factory, 80% Player
Closed Back with Index Finger Pad
Full Grain Kip Skin Leather Shell
H-Web
New Deertouch Finger Back Lining
Pittards Sheep Skin Palm Lining
Pro Padding Allows for Custom Pocket Formation and Shape Retention
Rawlings Authentic Pro Patterns
Rolled Leather Welting - Adds Structure Through the Finger Stalls
USA Tanned Leather Laces - Durability Pre-Tested at 100 lbs. Tensile Strength
Water-Resistant, 100% Wool Wrist Pad
Description
The Rawlings Pro Preferred Series provided an industry-first design with its Kipskin Leather construction. Ever since, it has been a staple for many of baseball's elite players. Each Pro Preferred glove begins with the selection of the high-quality Kip Leather. This leather is only picked from hides weighing 30 pounds or less, giving the end product a lighter feel than a similar design made of Steerhide. Pro Preferred leather features a tight grain structure which leads to a supple feel, exceptional durability, and custom break-in for the player. Every inch of the Pro Preferred Series exudes a premium quality. Rawlings requires the laces in each glove to reach 100 lbs tensile strength in testing; where strength is needed most. Each model is also exceptionally comfortable with its Pittards Performance Sheepskin Palm Lining, new Deertouch Finger Back Lining, and the 100% wool padding to ensure a premium fit.
This Rawlings Pro Preferred Series Adrian Gonzalez Game Day Glove: PROSFM20C First Base Mitt is the game-day design of Adrian Gonzalez and features a 12.25 Inch Pattern, H-Web, and Double Heel Break Design. Pick yours up today with our Fast, Free Shipping and 100 Day Money-Back Guarantee!
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 3 Customer Reviews
jj
Pros: I had the previous Adrian Gonzalez model, the black one and from what I know this one is exactly the same aside from the color. This is a great glove. Leather is 2nd to none and it breaks in perfectly
Cons: The Price :(
Legal Eagle
Pros: This is a superb quality leather glove with one of the better design patterns. It actually feels much larger than the 12.25 inch pattern would suggest it should be. I only wish that Justballgloves had had it in stock when I finally went to purchase it. I had to buy it elsewhere. I understood this model had been discontinued and wasn't going to be available anymore.
Cons: Way too expensive. Glove manufacturers, if they keep this up, are going to price themselves out of the market for the recreational user or for parents looking to put a really good product in their kids hands to improve their fielding capabilities.
Mr Avery
Pros: Beautiful glove, leather is first-rate. In the process of breaking it in now.
Cons: None so far.
Questions and Answers
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Why doesn't Rawlings make any 13.00" first base mitts with a fastback design? dude
DO YOU CUSTOM EMBROID THE PLAYERS NAME ON THESE GLOVES? ROBERT
Is this glove to big for an 12 year old? Jc
How long will it take a 12 year old to break in this glove (assuming that we get is steamed first)? Trystar
Does this glove play bigger than actually measured or does it play true to size? Tyler
How stiff is this glove out of the box? John
Interested for my 12 year old; does it say Adrian Gonzalez on the glove? Douglas
Looking to buy for my 12 year old who will be turning 13 by start of next season. Is there a 12.25" glove for youth? Or is there just the one size for youth and adult? GP
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
Color | Brown |
---|---|
Deals | Closeout Gloves Bundle and Save |
Feel | Extra Stiff |
Glove Type | Baseball |
Position | First Base |
Series | Pro Preferred |
Size | 12.25 |
Sub Type | First Base |
Vendor | Rawlings |
Web Type | H-Web |
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