martianr
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I see Vinci is the glove of choice here. Is there any other glove that is better than Mizuno?
Issue with Mizuno Glove
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There are other Mizuno gloves better than the Mizuno MVP. That said, even the MVP lineup has some variation in quality. A player on my DD's TB team has a new, all-black MVP that I think is quite nice for a $100-ish glove. However, I don't expect it to be a long-term piece of gear for her.
As for "better" gloves, there are lots. Vinci, All-Star, Rawlings, Wilson... A lot of it comes down to personal preference and budget.
A year and a half sounds pretty good for a sub $100 glove. I was looking at the MVP Prime today. I found one that was 12.5 so I put my hand in it and I was surprised how hard it was to close considering it had the break in notch. The Finch gloves seem to be easy to open and close but they have that super processed leather. Accordingly, I am not convinced the power close notch is all it is cracked up to be.
Mizuno 12" GGE11 Global Elite Baseball Fielder's Mitt, Tan, Right Hand Throw 41969366974 | eBay
Here's the better Mizuno Eric is referring to, on another planet from the MVP series! I think the GGE-11 may be discontinued, Cheap Bats was blowing them out a couple of months back for $159 which was a smoking deal.
I saw one of these go on eBay for $85. I thought about bidding but it really isn't what I am in the market for my young DD.
For $85 I would have bought it and put it up for a while....what kind of condition? I've never seen one go that cheap!
Brand new with tags. It was just like this one.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/Mizuno-Global...3Afbe4d2651590a2af06ba702effd1686b%7Ciid%3A12
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The Miz Finch gloves are targeted at the very bottom of the entry-level player market - easy to use right off the shelf for little hands.
The MVP series is decent mid-level stuff, but will eventually become fairly useless. How quick depends on how much it's used, how it's taken care of (this is a huge factor), and whether it was broken in properly to start with. They break in pretty easily with only a moderate amount of mafia-style beat-down. If you're looking for a glove to last a reasonable amount of time under moderate-heavy use, one that is game-ready (easy to close) off the shelf is probably not a good choice.
As for the "power close" notch, it's a marketing play pretending to be a positive feature. It also promotes a single-hinge, thumb-to-index break-in pattern, which is not ideal in a full-size glove.
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