Best Way To Break In A New Mitt?

[imac220]

Just bought a brand new Rawlings gold glove series mitt, and it is pretty darn stiff. What is the best way to break it in?

 

[Dpanthers14]

Hot glove and oil works best and put a baseball in it and tie it aroun the mit works pretty well.

 

[G $MONEY$]

phone book lying on it for a couple days :lol:

 

[Halonut]

use it

 

[jdfoxtrot79]

i Put a ball in it with rubber bands around it when i wasnt using it.

Then use glove oil.

then use it a lot =]

it'll take a couple months to get fully broken in

 

[9090sportscards]

dont buy it in the first place haha! I only buy broken in gloves

 

[imac220]

dont buy it in the first place haha! I only buy broken in gloves

Yeah but this is a $130 mitt. A stiff mitt=good mitt

 

[Wes]

use it

No better advice than this. Stay away from shaving cream, microwaves, cars and anything non catch related that people suggest.

 

[Johan Santana 57]

use it

No better advice than this. Stay away from shaving cream, microwaves, cars and anything non catch related that people suggest.

agreed, use use and more use is the only way to break it in

Sure my friend ran over his catchers mitt with his car and it worked well, but if you want the best and natural close then using it is the way to go

 

[imac220]

Bump for more suggestions

 

[kruzie3]

Rubber band around it w/ a baseball in it
Just keep throwing a ball into it when your around the house
Use some foam "Dr. Glove" conditioner and rub it in to make it softer and protect it from the beginning
Toss alot with it on to break it in

 

[ostrander111]

use it

No better advice than this. Stay away from shaving cream, microwaves, cars and anything non catch related that people suggest.

agreed, use use and more use is the only way to break it in

Sure my friend ran over his catchers mitt with his car and it worked well, but if you want the best and natural close then using it is the way to go

This is exactly true because you want the glove to close to the shape of a ball, but if you flatten it- the ball might not go in every time because of the shape. Definetely only break it in by using it Ian

 

[jdfoxtrot79]

also- let your dog chew on it

 

[nyyankeesfan.13722]

My first base glove used to be really tight but at a minor league game I rubbed some boiled peanuts on it and it really helped for some odd reason.

 

[thefasterblade]

Park your car on top of it.

 

[notjomommasclint]

i have always used a 3 step process... my gloves are always broke in and soft.

1. wet glove place ball in glove bound glove tight with rubber bands
2. ****** glove with oil and work work glove over good then place under car tire for the night
3. play catch daily with a penny ball (tennis ball with a slit in it that you stuff pennies in)

 

[jdfoxtrot79]

Leave it outside in the rain