You have a very firm grasp of the obvious. Players also use sliding mitts as an extension of their hand so they’re closer to the base when they steal 😂🤦♂️
At first I thought sliding mitts were stupid until I got cleated and broke a small bone in my hand so after that I had to buy a sliding mitt and it had worked perfectly
I got cleated in the state championship game and had to come out for 3 innings because my hand wouldn’t stop bleeding, I don’t think sliding mitts are unnecessary
1 sliding mitt : is actually useful depending on what U your playing 2 face guard : are for (softball) players and they are required 3 thumb grip pro : they are used by most mlb players
The point of it is if you don't want to injure or break your fingers while sliding I actually hurt my finger really bad because of not having one stop being stupid they are not worthless.
Off topic but I was a catcher and basically there’s this one tall batter like really tall and he was standing very far back in the box and he ended up swinging and he ended up hitting his bat against my arm, and I had to go with the rest of the inning just stopping the ball because I couldn’t close my hand . Watch out all the catchers out there
Sliding mits are to protect your hand from getting stepped on when sliding. However I don’t understand evoshields design bc the exposed thumb defeats the purpose. The face mask is not usually for baseball but for softball. Pitchers are required to wear them
All you sliding mitt lovers- hold your feelings together. This is nothing but swag, that a company paid a lot of money to pro players to use it, so kids see them and want one. That’s it. It was nothing but a money grab, with an excellent marketing strategy, that kids thought were “cool because the MLB players use the.” They’ve only been around for like 2-3 years, you guys were just fine without them.
Sliding mitt is not worthless it in fact saved my finger when sliding into home plate when catcher stepped on my hand it could’ve been really bad he was wearing spiked cleats
Some people are forced to wear the facemask I can softball sliding mitts or for pro baseball players and stuff that actually like only real baseball players understand the assignment but those keep your hands protected for if you get stepped down or something so you don’t hurt yourself and who doesn’t look a thumb or a pro header like those are good to help you rolling over so shut your mouth
In my league it's a rule that you need to wear an infielding mask. I do play softball so it would hurt a lot more to get hit in the face by the ball, to be fair.
First of all the first one is a sliding mit that prevents scratches on your hand when you slide so you don’t have to ruin your batting gloves while sliding.
Dude the sliding mitts r to protect your fingers. My friend slid and shortstop stepped on it and broke two fingers and got rushed to the hospital those r important and they can make you quit baseball which would suck.
The THUMB PRO is a better version of the pro hitter used in MLB. Allows wrist to strap through the ball while preventing a death grip. Better b/c it doesn’t move around in the hand. That said, the little piece of silicone is crazy expensive to buy and lose.
The only one that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense is the mask but the sliding mitt is so when the shortstop steps on you with his metal spikes it doesn’t break your fingers, and then a lot of mlb players are actually starting to use that thing that goes on your bat because if you hit the ball in the wrong spot on the bat with a ball coming 100 mph it’s gonna hurt like crazy
That mitt would’ve saved my homeboys hand last week 😂. After that I went and bought one fuck that lol. His whole hand was fucked up from sliding into a cleat, he broke 3 fingers.
Face mask is for softball btw a lot of girls wear it cause they sure as hell got pretty faces…and Isn’t that last one to help you prevent from rolling? It’s a training equipment not to prevent a sting
Real men get hit in the face with baseballs! In fact, why even use batting helmets? Babe ruth didnt use a batting helmet. Real men get hit with pitches in the head!
I don’t give a shit if babe Ruth didn’t use a god damn thumb guard I’m not facing plumbers throwing low 70’s also sliding mitt is to help not jam ur fingers on the bag and not get them stepped on
I coach little league and the oven mitt drives me insane. Head first slides aren’t even allowed in little league!! You show up with this I’m going to tell you to go bake some cookies and stop watching RU-vid.
I used a thumb ring back in 2013, because i had a hairline fracture the year before. I remember thinking it was the best-known invention to help me not "babby" my thumb when i hit. Im glad it caught on.