Thread: Is this glove legal to pitch with?

Demarini Diablo black with yellow stitching, is this glove legal to pitch with?

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I dont think it would be.

According to the USSSA Rules (Section 9 Gloves/Mitts)...

B. The glove/mitt may be any combination of colors except the color of the
game ball or optic. Glove lacing may be any color other than that of the
ball. The manufacturer’s logos are not considered a glove color. A gray,
white or optic colored circle on the outside or inside of the glove/mitt that
gives the appearance of a ball is illegal. A glove/mitt that is judged to be
distracting by the Umpire is illegal.

Even if it were legal, (which I don't think it is) I would be worried that a significant number of umps would not think it legal and would not let it be used.

I would say that would be illegal to use when pitching. I had to black out my daughters yellow logo on her glove one time when an ump or actually, the other team raised the issue. I found out later that they were wrong but just kept it that way to avoid any more crying.....

Not legal.

A few years ago at the ASA umpires meeting it was "deemed" that the gold Wilson logo on pitchers gloves was not legal for ASA play. Many a glove had a sharpie applied. Wilson now uses white thread for the logo on their pitching gloves. Who says umpires don't like making themselves part of the game.

-W

Thanks for the replies , the lacing in DD glove are giving up to have it re-laced is $40-$50 plus, so I told her a new glove would probably be the most economical in the long run and this is the glove she picked out and I told her I didn’t think she could pitch with the yellow laces. She did not buy it so she is still looking, I’ve been patching the old glove together.

I really like the new Wilson YAK gloves for pitchers. They're MUCH lighter then an A2000 and cheaper to boot. I believe Dimarini and Wilson share distribution chains.

-W

Illegal in ASA play - Rule 3-4. One of the colors in the glove is the color of the ball

Illegal in NFHS play - Rule 1-4-1a. Lacing shall not be the color of the ball.