How Does A MLB Player Break In A Baseball Glove? 

I did similar with my outfield glove, i beat the breakpoints and then stuffed 2 balls in my desired pocket and rubberbands around it for like 2 or 3 days and it turned out great

Why shouldn't I put my glove inside my bag?

I agree, the best way to break in a glove is to play catch with it. Steaming or wetting your glove can invalidate its warranty, although I've never known anyone to have a claim on a glove. If you take care of it, it will last a long time. I don't recommend using glove oil because after repeated use your glove can become heavy. Cream conditioner or even shave cream is better.

Agree. I had three gloves growing up, never oiled them, just flexed the creases a lot and played catch a lot. No oil. I did put the first one under a mattress, but the other two I just played catch. 50 years later, those gloves are not in the best shape on the inside, and maybe they would still be fine if I had oiled them a lot...but who really cares 50 years later, I'm not in a league anymore! But Ryan is right, if you only break it in by playing catch, "then it will shape perfectly to how you use and play with it."

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Yes! I like a very little bit of conditioner sometimes, but that’s it. Very sparingly.

No glove oil ! Real ball players use spit

They use two hands

Don't! I did this with my glove, and the color faded and it didnt even soften it.

You can always use a microwave, Or try that “run it through hot water” technique, But with the shaving cream you saved you will have to buy another one next week

@@loganenriquez385 well maybe you dont have the same glove that he has

Don’t do it because it shrinks the glove

He was using Barbasol Soothing Aloe. You can find it anywhere... walmart, target, dollar stores etc.

That's an infielder

There are a ton of different methods you can do. We suggest that if you use glove oil that you use is sparingly so you don't weigh the glove down over time. It all comes down to personal preference in the end.

dcouts s actually his lifetime era is 8.80 much different 😂

hey fuckers he made the show, thats more than either of you will do in your lifetime, i guarantee, so 😂😂😂 as much as you want if it makes you feel better

you smell like a loser

@@7P9G you to

dcouts s and Slayker, do you guys feel good or superior talking trash about this guy? Knowing that he was in the show and you guys will be picking roadkill off the highway not for community service but for dinner? Do you feel superior because he recommends methods that are generally frowned upon? You don't get that inner 'im a douchebag that will amount to nothing more than attending to your 600lb wife and spend days driving to texas to visit dr now?

Thales Pereira lol that’s what I was thinking

It's called GLOVE OIL for a reason

That's probably why a company has 200 subscribers

Glove oil make the glove heavy. If you can find shaving cream with lanoil it will work better then any oil.

Logan Case that’s what I always used

Charles Clark how well did it work

Would never on my pro preferred

You have to use a shaving cream with lanolin in it first of all. Barbasol sensitive is about the only one you can use on it now a days. So if you arent using lanolin shaving cream you already are doing it wrong. And it does work, it's pretty much the same shit that's in "HOT GLOVE TREATMENT"

Logan Case every glove needs a clean cut 😂

@@baileysmith4744 Not sure that hot water is good for any color of leather.

I soaked my kids first base mitt in hot water and rolled the breaking points. Then wrapped it in a ball until it was dry. It’s turned out great. It was black before and it’s still black now, two years later.

Alex rodrigez did but I’m not doing this

It conditions the leather and makes It softer.

DON’T USE SHAVING CREAM!

it works! softens the leather without adding weight like a lot of glove oils do over time

It shortens the life of the leather. What’s next, put it in the oven like a thanksgiving turkey 🤦🏻‍♂️!

You don't. Shaving cream will soften the leather at first but it also pulls moisture out of it and causes the leather to break down. Seventy years ago, shaving creams contained a lot of lanolin which is why people used it on their gloves. If any shaving creams today have lanolin, it is such a small amount that it isn't going to condition your glove. When people say this is an "old school" method, they mean they haven't learned anything new since then.

LOL

But I don't have a dog. Will a cat work instead for step 4?

@@dentatusdentatus1592 yes, as long as you replace the laces with yarn. Also bonus step: run the glove over about 3 times with a tractor, really gives you that nice floppy and flat shape.

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@@ranchdressing474 I just park my car on mine for like a month 🤷‍♂️🤣

Are you a former MLB player?

You should never get a glove that is "already broken in". Some gloves have the break in process started on them but ultimately it should be the player who completes that process. You want to make sure the glove is to your liking and by finishing the break in process on your own you can shape it how you want it.

Why flat?

Brogle Brogle because that way it will be easy to close when I catch the ball. I haven’t seen anyone ever store it otherwise but I am sure there are other ways to store it. And it won’t be fully broken in if it doesn’t lay flat.

Blake Waddell ok thanks!

PooChunks 123 don’t lay it flat it will destroy the glove faster and it will the glove floppy get some really warm water at least until you can see stream come out of it dip the glove in for 20 seconds then hit the gloves pocket and palm padding with a glove mallet never lay it on its side ruins the pocket and gives the glove a over laps if you lay a glove down lay it facing down not on the side use glove conditioner and play catch keep the glove in warm area not a oven melts the leather like a car overnight on the dashboard repeat this every other day and you’re glove will be broken in in less then 2 weeks also don’t dip the glove in the hot water if it’s white unless if you don’t care about the gloves color then by all means do it

Slayker you always want the glove floppy it’s not broke in otherwise

T wheezy it works

@@baileysmith4744 That's for that glo e type

@@baileysmith4744 Typo Glove

@@baileysmith4744 yeh MOST

Don’t, just don’t. Do this 0 times

Zero is the correct number of times to use shaving cream on a glove.

He was literally a major leaguer, he’s probably got a pretty good idea how to break in a glove.