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Ptah

(33,028 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:16 PM Jun 2020

My grandson's 2nd birthday is coming up, and I want to give him a baseball glove.

He seems to prefer to throw with his left hand.

I would like to give him one left hand and one right hand glove.

I can't seem to find that option on Amazon.

Any suggestions?

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My grandson's 2nd birthday is coming up, and I want to give him a baseball glove. (Original Post) Ptah Jun 2020 OP
Go to an actual store, like Dick's. TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #1
Quarantined. Ptah Jun 2020 #2
Bummer! But, Dick's delivers... TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #4
Wait until he is old enough not to chew on it? n/t rzemanfl Jun 2020 #3
I found some on Amazon. spicysista Jun 2020 #5
Teach him with a rubber ball without mitt randr Jun 2020 #6
Best advice of all! PJMcK Jun 2020 #7
I want to give him the choice. Ptah Jun 2020 #9
Baseball is all about eye hand coordination randr Jun 2020 #10
Mizuno makes a unique six-fingered glove, but it's a really, really expensive custom made job Brother Buzz Jun 2020 #8
My first thought is that there probably aren't gloves out PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #11
What, so he can sleep in it? :) n/t malthaussen Jun 2020 #12

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
4. Bummer! But, Dick's delivers...
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:26 PM
Jun 2020
https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/f/baseball-softball-all-gloves

Click on a glove and some of them offer a choice of left or right hand. And they have curbside pickup at some stores.

spicysista

(1,663 posts)
5. I found some on Amazon.
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:29 PM
Jun 2020

I'm not sure of your budget, though. I've posted some of the links below.

https://www.amazon.com/Rawlings-Players-Youth-Tball-Baseball/dp/B07LGP6GMF/ref=sr_1_2?crid=JC5TFNZ3KVZA&dchild=1&keywords=kids+baseball+glove&qid=1593221287&sprefix=Kids+basball%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-2

https://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Sports-Digitek-Teeball-Performance/dp/B013LPRT5O/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Right+baseball+gloves&qid=1593221139&sr=8-3

https://www.amazon.com/gp/slredirect/picassoRedirect.html/ref=pa_sp_atf_aps_sr_pg1_1?ie=UTF8&adId=A0300357241MRIDMMK237&url=%2FFerDIM-Baseball-Glove-Teeball-Youth%2Fdp%2FB07VW67W1V%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1_sspa%3Fdchild%3D1%26keywords%3DRight%2Bbaseball%2Bgloves%26qid%3D1593221139%26sr%3D8-1-spons%26psc%3D1&qualifier=1593221139&id=435551664663834&widgetName=sp_atf

https://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Sports-Teeball-Glove-Synthetic/dp/B013LPS2IC/ref=sr_1_7?crid=1RMSY0YL8V6KN&dchild=1&keywords=left+hand+baseball+glove+youth&qid=1593220846&sprefix=Lefthand+base%2Caps%2C221&sr=8-7

https://www.amazon.com/Wilson-A360-Utility-Baseball-Glove/dp/B01IKRBS3W/ref=sr_1_7?crid=1AY94EZ6H7JBR&dchild=1&keywords=left+baseball+gloves&qid=1593220998&sprefix=Left+baseball+gloves%2Caps%2C240&sr=8-7

https://www.amazon.com/gp/slredirect/picassoRedirect.html/ref=pa_sp_mtf_aps_sr_pg1_1?ie=UTF8&adId=A09772851G1KH61EUBR0F&url=%2FSportime-Genuine-Leather-Baseball-Glove%2Fdp%2FB0042SR61C%2Fref%3Dsr_1_20_sspa%3Fcrid%3D1AY94EZ6H7JBR%26dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dleft%2Bbaseball%2Bgloves%26qid%3D1593220998%26sprefix%3DLeft%2Bbaseball%2Bgloves%252Caps%252C240%26sr%3D8-20-spons%26psc%3D1&qualifier=1593220998&id=4808135211278356&widgetName=sp_mtf

https://www.amazon.com/Wilson-A700-11-5-Baseball-Glove/dp/B07FR2YYVY/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Right+baseball+gloves&qid=1593221139&sr=8-5

https://www.amazon.com/Mizuno-GPP1150Y3-Prospect-PowerClose-Baseball/dp/B07DLGSXHT/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=Right+baseball+gloves&qid=1593221139&sr=8-9

The smallest ones were for ages 3-9.

randr

(12,412 posts)
6. Teach him with a rubber ball without mitt
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:39 PM
Jun 2020

He will learn how to catch better and develop which handed he will prefer. Also will learn to catch with both hands. By the time he is 4 his hand will fit a mitt and he will be a natural

PJMcK

(22,035 posts)
7. Best advice of all!
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:43 PM
Jun 2020

You can’t force handedness. Plus, the hand-eye coordination will be more effectively developed without a glove.

Brother Buzz

(36,423 posts)
8. Mizuno makes a unique six-fingered glove, but it's a really, really expensive custom made job
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 09:47 PM
Jun 2020

Ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte uses one.

When Venditte was 7 years old, his father, who was teaching him to throw with both arms, searched for a glove he could wear on both hands. Greg A. Harris, the only other pitcher since 1894 to throw in a major league game with both arms — he did it in 1995 — connected Venditte’s father with Mizuno. Harris already wore one of their six-finger gloves. The glove Harris wore in 1995 is in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,853 posts)
11. My first thought is that there probably aren't gloves out
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 01:00 AM
Jun 2020

there small enough for a two year old.

I'm inclined to second the advice not to be worrying about him learning to catch with a glove so early.

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