Here's The Glove I'm Gonna Use When I Waste Carrabis by 25 MPH In Our Speed Pitch Showdown
So now that my professional baseball career has been resurrected in form of a pitching contest against Jarred Carrabis (location, date still TBD), I decided I’m going to invest in a new baseball mitt.
Now anyone who’s ever played baseball at any level knows that a mitt is one of the hallowed intricacies of the game. Everyone has their own preference on brand, size, webbing, color and everything else baseball mitts.
So I shot out a quick tweet saying I’m in the market for my preferred mitt, a brand new Heart of the Hide:
To which people responded with their favorite types of baseball gloves. So, without further ado, here’s the definitive list of best baseball mitts, in order from worst to first:
Nokona:
Price range: $200-500
Leather: Kangaroo leather
By far the most overrated mitt on planet earth, not to mention the most expensive. If you want a low grade Nokona, you’re spending at least $200. Outrage. The leather is heavy and impossible to break in to perfection. It can get weirdly floppy, but not the good kind of floppy. Any ball player knows what I’m talking about here. This mitt stinks and I wouldn’t disgrace my left hand by wearing one.
A2000:
Price range: $175-260
Leather: Pleather shit
I personally have a love/hate relationship with A2000s, but mostly hate. I did enjoy my A2000 catcher’s mitt, but wouldn’t ever touch any other type of A2000. The leather is… fake? Unless you get the most expensive A2000 offered, it’s a mitt that will fall apart faster than it should. After extended use the leather frays and it turns into cotton-y type shit. Hate it. The most overrated mitt in the game. Give me real, genuine leather straight off a cow’s ass or give me death.
Pro Preferred:
Price range:
$200-350
Leather:
Real, genuine cowhide
Now we’re cooking with gas. If you told me Pro Preferred gloves were the best gloves money could buy, I’d have no argument with that. Not my personal preference, but it’s an outstanding glove nonetheless. Any model straight up fucks. The catchers mitts are primo, the outfielders mitts superb, and infielder/pitchers mitts as good as any mitt on the market. They are a bitch to break in, as any good mitt should be, but that’s okay. Perfection takes time.
Heart of the Hide:
Price Range: $200-260
Leather:
Real, genuine cowhide
The best mitt in the game for my money. Absolutely love everything about heart of the hides. They break in perfectly, last forever, and they’re perfect for any position.
This blog is a long-winded way of saying I’m coming in guns blazing for my showing with Cararbbis. New mitt, gonna do core work and arm conditioning workouts, long toss, etc. Look good, play good, beat the Red Sox blogger by 25 MPH.
The University of Illinois-Chicago is gracious enough to let me work out with the team in the meantime to get my arm back in game shape. This ain’t a fucking game.
We will have more info on this later this week, but I’m about to fire off an email to Portnoy as we speak to work out logistics