Need recommendation for dad's catching hand

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Aug 17, 2016
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My husband catches for my 14yo dd at lessons. He's had & used the same catcher's mitt for 5 years. I've researched and sent him all kinds of new glove suggestions. He's cheap and won't spend the money ! lol

So after every lesson he just complains about his hand.. & complains & complains.. instead of making the dang purchase.

MADDENING.

Last night he shows me a huge bruise and swelling. On the bone/"place on the hand" there below the pointer finger. It's a pretty big one and I just laughhhhhhhhhhh.

Anyway- he has come to his senses now... ha ! But it is to ask what to purchase/buy to put UNDER his current old, pathetic excuse of a broken glove to cushion it right there in that particular spot (the bone/"place on the hand" there below the pointer finger).... ugh... JUST BUY A NEW GLOVE!

Any suggestions for a catcher's aid for under the glove to aid in that spot?

TIA! So much
 

CoreSoftball20

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If there is no padding left in the glove or that the leather is just so wore out, wearing a batting glove or something isn't gonna do much.

Get a new glove or stop complaining...pretty cut and dry :)

And this person ^^^^^^^ right above me is a glove guru and can prob help...haha
 
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May 15, 2016
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Yeah, a new glove:rolleyes:, tell squeaky to put a crowbar in his wallet and buy a new mitt, or just keep complaining!
[MENTION=9329]ANNASDAD[/MENTION] says you are a glove guru. Its finally time for me to get a replacement glove, I catch my 13 yo DDs pitching practice usually 4 days a week. I am willing to use a crowbar on my wallet, just not a lot in there. Anything in particular you suggest. I was going to head to our local used sporting good equipment this Sunday.
 
Jul 29, 2013
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[MENTION=9329]ANNASDAD[/MENTION] says you are a glove guru. Its finally time for me to get a replacement glove, I catch my 13 yo DDs pitching practice usually 4 days a week. I am willing to use a crowbar on my wallet, just not a lot in there. Anything in particular you suggest. I was going to head to our local used sporting good equipment this Sunday.

I always throw out the same three that I know work.....Vinci, several Vinci models that will work great for you, Drakemir here can help you with that. The All-Star CMW3000, that's the mitt I'm using now, great mitt! And the Rawlings Liberty Advanced line. Definitely not a glove guru, cause I know some glove gurus........just a dad who loves great leather!
 
Jul 29, 2013
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stemple, the area you're talking about, bruising under his index finger, that's nothing. Wait until he takes a few thumb stingers and shots to that nerve, they don't heal too quickly! I bet he'll buy a mitt then......maybe not?
 
Feb 19, 2016
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I'll second the All-Star CMW3000. At $150, it's a bargain and I'm "cheap" as well. I'm using it to catch softballs and baseballs. I can't argue with the other two gloves Annasdad recommended either. He knows his gloves.

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May 24, 2013
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ANNASDAD - as usual - is spot on with his recommendations.

Last week, I had a chance to spend some time with a brand new Rawlings Liberty Advanced (breaking it in for a friend's DD). It's a very good mitt. Nice leather, very good padding, and feels good on the hand. It's not Vinci-level palm padding, or All-Star CMW3000-level thumb protection, but it certainly deserves to be in the same conversation. However, these mitts we're talking about aren't cheap. Good hand protection in the under-$100 category is a tough order to fill.
 
Aug 8, 2016
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Move the pointer finger into the middle finger slot on the glove and he can avoid quite a lot of the numbness in that finger.
 

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