Rawlings R9 Series 12" Youth First Base Mitt: R9YPTFM16B
Glove Profile
Rawlings R9 Series 12" Youth First Base Mitt: R9YPTFM16B
Features
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12.00 Inch Length
Recommended Exclusively For Use At 1B
Very Little Break-in Required; Nearly Game Ready (Only 20% of Break-In Will Be Left To Player)
Designed To Fit A Pre-Teen Hand (Youth Pro Taper Fit With Smaller Wrist Opening & Finger Stalls)
Reinforced H-Web
Soft, Durable & All-Leather Shell
Colorway: Black | Red Lacing And Stitching
Index Finger Pad On Shell Backing For Protection And Comfort
Conventional Open Back
Reinforced Palm Pad
Description
Rawlings would like to introduce the never before seen Rawlings R9 Series baseball lineup. These all-new R9 Series baseball gloves are the best gloves on the market at this price point. This series features soft, durable all-leather shells with an 80% factory break-in for a game ready feel, so you won't have to commit a lot of time to break this First Base Mitt in. Inside this R9 Series baseball First Base Mitt you will find padded fingerback liners and a youth pro taper fit designed for younger players wanting to improve their scoops at first. Rawlings: Finest In The Field.
This Rawlings R9 Series Youth First Base Mitt: R9YPTFM16B features a 12.00-inch pattern, a modified Pro-H-Web, a reinforced palm pad for impact reduction, and a conventional back. Order your very own R9 Series First Base Mitt today with free shipping. We're here for you from Click to Catch.
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.
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 8 Customer Reviews
Pros: Glove was easy to break in. My nine year old son hand fits in great. Nice looking glove.
Cons: Haven’t had any.
Pros: The glove fits great, it’s great quality!
Cons: Don’t really have any!
Pros: Perfect size my 8 yr old son to probably use through little league. Only took a few days to break in.
Cons: None
Pros: Nice looking glove. Bought for 9 year old son.
Cons: Contrary to other reviews, this glove has been extremely hard to break in
Pros: Easy break in. Good quality. Fair price
Cons: None
Pros: Smaller than adult mitts Easy to break in
Cons: Wrist isn’t adjustable
Pros: Well made glove.
Cons: Takes more to break in then described, not 20% player 80% factory.
Pros: very well made, looks good, broke in fairly easily, my sons performance at first base is improved using this glove over his standard infielders glove.
Cons: I don't really see any cons yet.
Questions and Answers
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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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