What are the rules on a pitchers glove? According to the official baseball rules, a pitchers glove can be up to 12 inches in size , of any weight , and any color except white or gray as long as it is not distracting. The Akadema ABX-00 glove, pictured above, is 12 inches, solid black and is not distracting according to local umpires. Little League Rules Gray glove is not allowed for pitching White glove is not allowed for pitching Little League Rule 1.14: Each fielder, other than the first baseman and the catcher may wear a glove not more than 12 inches long nor more than 7 3/4 inches wide, measured from the base of the thumb crotch to the outer edge of the glove. The glove may be of any weight. Little League Rule 1.15 (a) : The pitcher's glove may not, exclusive of the piping, be white or light gray, nor, in the judgment of an umpire, distracting in any manner. (source: Little League Baseball Rules Regarding Bats and Gloves ) Off
You always learn something from a Pat Venditte interview. His pitching is minor league, but his perspective is world class.
ReplyDeleteA few days ago, on Aug. 10, 2014, he lost the game and the Scranton Times-Tribune got some quotes that you never hear from typical pitchers.
“You can’t throw sliders that don’t break,” Venditte seethed. “Tonight wasn’t bad luck. It was poor execution. There was nothing more to it than that.”
"I was in the position I wanted to be in. Then 0-1, to hang a slider, that’s all there is to it. Bad execution on my part.”
There's no money in talk like that--only great baseball.