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Summary: When buying a child a baseball glove or mitt, the first priority is that it fits properly. Buy a child's first baseball glove with tips from a former professional baseball player in this free video on baseball tips.
Steve Hughes signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a free agent out of high school, and played for the Pirates for four years. Hughes then played with the Cincinnati Reds for five...read more
"Hi this is Steve Hughes and we're going to talk a little bit about buying your son or your daughter's first baseball mitt. And one of the things probably you're going to be buying this when he's five, six, seven years old. And one of your criteria for buying a glove, is one that actually fits his hand. He can put his hand in real easily, his or her put there hand in real easily. The glove is not too big or not too small so where they can handle it. Another criteria is something you want to think about is expense obviously when a child is five, six, seven years old obviously they're going to grow from that point on and grow out of their glove. So you want to get one that's not too expensive but one yet they can handle and have fun with out on the field. It's not too big, not too small, and not too expensive. So there's a couple of things you want to think about when buying a glove."