Growing up in baseball pushes you to become a better person and athlete. This blog is intended to help you pick out the best equipment to help you better yourself on the field, weather it be finding your play style or just helping you to get the best gear out there. This first one is about the glove, and finding what is the right one for your position.
Some of the best gloves right now that you can choose from is the Wilson A2K, the Wilson A2000, and the Rawlings Pro Preferred. All of these gloves have there own specific price points for the durability of the leather and that sometimes means that you have to spend some money if you want the best out there. Sometimes, however you find the perfect median for the price and durability. That’s what we will find out.
The Wilson A2K is the highest price point for the Wilson position gloves at $359.95. This high price point is because of the new material that Wilson has integrated into their gloves called superskin. This material is not traditional leather, its is almost like a soft snake skin material and makes the glove 2 times more durable having half the weight. This is one of the premier infield gloves on the market.
Next the Wilson A2000 is Wilson's lower priced infield glove that doesn’t use as high quality leather but still has the performance needed to compete at a high level. This glove is about
Lastly the Rawlings Pro Preferred glove is an all leather glove that is tailored to the player. When the player has broken in the glove it is broken in to fit their play style. This glove is meant for players at shortstop or players at second base. The glove has a shallow pocket making transfers quick. The price of this glove is $259.99. The price point is a bit high for the leather quality especially since it isn’t the best quality that Rawlings offers.
Overall the best glove that an infielder can get for the price is the Wilson A2000, with the superskin on the back helps the durability of the glove and it can fit almost any play style. The glove also has the lowest price out of the gloves compared above.
Many years ago, I had the A2000 glove (at least that's the model that I recall), and I remember the glove costing $95, which seemed crazy expensive at the time (1980-82). The price has gone up since then, and I must admit that the price tag seems steep. How much do the higher end gloves go for?
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