Wednesday, July 18, 2007

A baseball glove and its uses

A baseball glove is make of leather and allows the baseball players to catch the ball in his hands. It is wears to assit the players in catching the ball hit by a batter or thrown by his teammate. Most baseball gloves are worn on the non dominant hand leaving the other hand free for throwing the balls to others players. The baseball gloves are wear, like the right handed players will wear their gloves on the left hand and vise versa.

The size of the gloves are described by its pattern and its has extra padding shape that helps to catch a fastball hit by the batter. Pattern of its gloves and its used. Pitcher's gloves usually have a closed, opaque webbing to allow them to conceal their grip on the ball. Outfield gloves are usually quite long, to help with both catching fly balls on the run or in a dive. Infielder's gloves other than the first baseman's tend to be smaller, to allow the fielders to easily remove the ball from their glove to make a quick throw to a base.