My name is ANNASDAD and I have a problem. Hahaha!! I’m not dropping your real name to protect the innocent.
Tatonka, man with your situation and with two girls......I could seriously write for days! If I start to not make sense, it’s completely self inflicted
In your position, for both of your girls, I’d contact Drakemir and probably stick with Vinci. You’re in a situation where you could seriously spend a bunch of money, I know you commented that good quality gloves are small potatoes in the big picture compared to all the other expenses we deal with in our sport, and by that comment you’re a man after my own heart! BUT, this could get expensive!
I love Rawlings, obviously you already know that! DD who pitches and is pretty strong at middle infield could really benefit from a Don Morton Horween Rawlings Pro1000-HC exclusive from Ballgloves.com. I sold one to our 2B on Anna’s TB team, she loves it! It’s a Japanese tanned Heart of the Hide, the newest release from Don Morton’s is Horween leather, oh yeah!!
Do both daughters play on the same TB team? Could they share the same OF glove? As Jdaddy said, the BV1929 makes a really good 3B and utility glove, and in the big picture will also make a pretty good MI glove, but the RV1961 definitely makes a much better OF glove! We have two RV1961’s on Anna’s TB team that I got from Casedawg that those girls love!
Ok, thinking out loud (and spending your money ).........
If they play together and could share, get a RV1961 from Drakemir for both the girls to use in the OF.
Get DD who pitches and plays MI a Rawlings Pro1000-HC from Don Morton’s.
Get DD who catches and plays 3B a custom Vinci BV-1929 from Drakemir with an H-web or a Double bar web like on the MEO24 (Rawlings RV23).
You never said what kind of fielders glove DD who catches and plays 3B uses? You could get her a standard BV1929 (and immediately have it re-laced) or order her a custom 1929 with a better web for 3B, I remember Casedawg telling me a long time ago about the hybrid BV1929’s he had made for some girls on his team, and by hybrid, pretty sure he just had them made with H-webs. And actually DD who pitches and plays MI could use a 1929 with an I-web if Vinci will put one on a 12.5” glove? An I-web would make that glove a little more shallower and overall a better glove for MI.
I know you’re not wanting to buy 3 (or 4) gloves......but if that’s something you’re considering I’m sure Drakemir would really work with you. That Pro1000 is pretty expensive glove, but an incredibly awesome glove also!
This is a lot to absorb, I think I’ll let you think about this before I write anything else, and who knows, this may be way outside of anything you were originally thinking? But with the success your DD’s have had with Vinci, why not stick with what works? Heck, take that old ugly basket web off the 1929 and flush it, buy a new H-web from Vinci or USA sports direct, send it to Jeffrey Rous and have it re-laced and have the thumb & pinky inserts replaced, better than new, one glove down!
Just like a new $350 bat is not going to make your DD a better hitter, a $300 glove is not going to automatically make her a better fielder....
Just like a new $350 bat is not going to make your DD a better hitter, a $300 glove is not going to automatically make her a better fielder....
Just like a new $350 bat is not going to make your DD a better hitter, a $300 glove is not going to automatically make her a better fielder....
Do both daughters play on the same TB team? Could they share the same OF glove? As Jdaddy said, the BV1929 makes a really good 3B and utility glove, and in the big picture will also make a pretty good MI glove, but the RV1961 definitely makes a much better OF glove! We have two RV1961’s on Anna’s TB team that I got from Casedawg that those girls love!
If they play together and could share, get a RV1961 from Drakemir for both the girls to use in the OF.
Get DD who pitches and plays MI a Rawlings Pro1000-HC from Don Morton’s.
Get DD who catches and plays 3B a custom Vinci BV-1929 from Drakemir with an H-web or a Double bar web like on the MEO24 (Rawlings RV23).
You never said what kind of fielders glove DD who catches and plays 3B uses? You could get her a standard BV1929 (and immediately have it re-laced) or order her a custom 1929 with a better web for 3B, I remember Casedawg telling me a long time ago about the hybrid BV1929’s he had made for some girls on his team, and by hybrid, pretty sure he just had them made with H-webs. And actually DD who pitches and plays MI could use a 1929 with an I-web if Vinci will put one on a 12.5” glove? An I-web would make that glove a little more shallower and overall a better glove for MI.
I know you’re not wanting to buy 3 (or 4) gloves......but if that’s something you’re considering I’m sure Drakemir would really work with you. That Pro1000 is pretty expensive glove, but an incredibly awesome glove also!
This is a lot to absorb, I think I’ll let you think about this before I write anything else, and who knows, this may be way outside of anything you were originally thinking? But with the success your DD’s have had with Vinci, why not stick with what works? Heck, take that old ugly basket web off the 1929 and flush it, buy a new H-web from Vinci or USA sports direct, send it to Jeffrey Rous and have it re-laced and have the thumb & pinky inserts replaced, better than new, one glove down!
Those Rawlings Liberty Advanced look like some great patterns, just wish they offered them in true Heart of the Hide baseball leather instead of featherlight leather....