How to Break in a Leather Baseball Glove

Video Transcript

"The question is asked "how do you break in a leather baseball glove?" Well, almost all baseball gloves are leather in nature, so this breaking any glove is going to be basically the same. One of the things you need to do is to get you some good glove oil, or tanner's oil, if you will, and basically, you put some of that in the pocket, in the area, and then maybe a little bit in where you put your hand in to keep from your sweat drying out the inside of your glove. Basically, oil the glove down, but not too heavy, but that softens the leather, it helps it break in more easy, and then play as much catch and get as much impact between the ball and the glove as possible because that helps to loosen up the leather and stretches the strings and things. It makes it more flexible so you can close it easier. They also make a little tool that looks like a little hammer with a baseball on the end that you can beat in there. Another good idea is to put the, when you're not going to be using glove, is to put the ball in the palm of the glove and close the glove and put a rubber band around it. That'll help hold the pocket to keep from getting wrinkles on the inside of your pocket, and that's how you break in a leather baseball glove."