A the best softball glove for a short stop is...

[444]

Okay, so i've spent over $5,000 on gloves over the course of my kids playing careers, and here is what i would have said to my younger self or to my family members who don't have the means to trash money to experiment... Just buy this one glove at age 10+

The best softball glove for a short stop is.... a baseball glove... The Wilson 1787 11.75" Pedroia fit, thin pad. We went rolled binding because my daughter is small at 5-4. Its Wilsons second best selling glove after the 1786 11.5" for baseball.
If your kid is real baller, she might love the 11.5, but at that size you need strong hands to get that glove open, vs the 11.75 you just have to get your feet to the the ball and the glove does the rest.

The reason being, the shape of the glove of far superior than any pattern we've tried for Wilson Softball and Rawlings (Baseball and Softball gloves).

The pocket just vacuums ups balls. Even unbroken the ball just fits the pocket. Once broken in, it feels like what Jeters TT glove does for baseball. Shallow pocket quick in and out.

My daughter starts h/s next year, and we've ordered the A2K version, so i'll be able to tell you if the A2K or A2000 is better in 2 years or so.

This is just a small preview of all the gloves we went through to figure this out... all custom..

 

[ANNASDAD]

Very cool post, thanks for sharing!!

I might disagree with you....just a little! Still, great post!!


Edit: The 1787 is about as iconic as Wilson patterns get!

 

[ANNASDAD]

What models are the two Rawlings left and center on the bottom step? Looks like to two Rawlings above them have wrist pull straps so they're softball gloves...

 

[uncdrew]

Just throwing this out there...

Might this be the best glove ever, just for your daughter? I do fully believe in the fact some gloves are better than others, but is this best for all SS?

 

[ANNASDAD]

I'll see your best and raise you! I'm going with this iconic beauty!

 

[ANNASDAD]

Just throwing this out there...

Might this be the best glove ever, just for your daughter? I do fully believe in the fact some gloves are better than others, but is this best for all SS?

What's wrong....not Green enough for you??

 

[_MIA_]

Just throwing this out there...

Might this be the best glove ever, just for your daughter? I do fully believe in the fact some gloves are better than others, but is this best for all SS?

"A the best softball glove for a short stop is...



the one your DD likes"


doesn't convey quite the same level of "all-knowingness"

 

[444]

Very cool post, thanks for sharing!!

I might disagree with you....just a little! Still, great post!!


Edit: The 1787 is about as iconic as Wilson patterns get!

my wife said i'm not allowed to speak to you, because she holds you responsible for the glove addiction.

j/k. you were sooo helpful annas dad midway through the journey.

I'm looking for an excuse to buy one of the kids a horween because of you. my only concern with those.. the leather is soo smooth is hurts like a b**** when you have someone with a gun fires at you.

 

[444]

What models are the two Rawlings left and center on the bottom step? Looks like to two Rawlings above them have wrist pull straps so they're softball gloves...

rawlings 204 pattern in 11.5 I web and rawlings 205 in 11.75 bar web.
the rawlings pockets are not innovative enough. The ball rolls around and the fingers run long.


The wilson has the candy cane pocket (almost like it wants to be a upside down J), that tightness creates a special pocket.

 

[uncdrew]

What's wrong....not Green enough for you??

Hah.

No, it's a pretty glove. And I personally find the A2000 glove in the top 3. I recommend it often. I don't have a SS in the family, so can't comment much there. I do believe they have special needs in a glove, though more subtle than the obvious catcher/first base gloves.