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Before the glove was invented what was used to catch the baseball?
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∙ 15y ago
people used their hands and often broke them before the glove was invented The players used their bare hands to catch or knock down the ball. The first players to use Baseball gloves were often taunted and teased as being "too soft" or "sissies" because they did not want to catch the ball with their bare hands.
The first baseball gloves were used in the 1870s. The basic idea was to create a glove that would pad and protect the players' hands and provide a cushion for catching the ball. Surprisingly, the first gloves were designed so the player could knock the ball to the ground and not necessarily catch it.
History's first baseball gloves were made from pieces of leather sewn together to fit over a player's hand. Many early baseball gloves were simple leather gloves with the fingertips cut off, supposedly to allow for the same control of a bare hand, but with extra padding. The adoption of the baseball glove by baseball star Albert Spalding when he began playing first base influenced more infielders to begin using gloves. By the mid 1890s, it was the norm for players to wear gloves in the field.
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What do you do in baseball?
you hit the ball with a bat and you catch the ball with the glove and you throw the ball with your arm. sounds complicated, i know
What did a baseball glove cost in 1950?
a baseball glove in 1932 cost just about 37 CENT
Who invented the glove?
Gloves were invented and used by our ancient ancestors. At this time in our history records were not kept as to who invented what so we can not tell you a factual answer.
What country was where the baseball glove was first made?
As baseball was developed in the United States, so was the equipment used. The first recorded instance of any player using a baseball glove was in Cincinnati in 1869, when Red Stockings player Doug Allison had a glove made for him by a local saddle maker. Some equipment such as catchers shinguards were modeled after a cricketer's leg pads but, the baseball glove, USA made.
How much does a baseball glove weigh?
i don't know but i want to find out right now. No. The guy who said that was a retard. The average baseball glove weighs 1000 ounces.
What is used to catch a baseball?
a baseball glove
What object is used to catch a baseball?
a baseball glove
What do baseball players use to catch the baseball?
A baseball glove
What country was the baseball glove invented?
Some people claim that the baseball glove was first invented in Canada. However, there has been an American patent for a baseball glove since 12345456
How do you catch a stalker if the police can't?
with a baseball glove
Where in Canada was the baseball glove invented?
In your mom
What kind of Jokes with the word baseball?
What did the glove say to the baseball? I'll catch you later.
What price would a 1622 baseball glove sale for?
No baseball gloves were invented in 1622.MORE The game of baseball was invented in 1860.
What is the thing you use to catch the ball in baseball?
It's simply called a mitt or a baseball glove.
How do catch and throw a softball?
with a baseball glove and to throw it use your bare hand
If a batted ball hits a fielder's glove and knocks the glove to the ground but stays in the glove is the batter out if the fielder picks up glove before the ball touches the ground?
For there to be a legal catch, there must be a catch and voluntary release of the ball. Therefore, if the ball knocks the glove off the fielder's hand, he didn't meet either of the criteria for a catch: he didn't catch it, and he didn't release the ball voluntarily.
What brand of baseball glove was Willie Mays wearing when he made the famous over the shoulder catch?
Rawlings HH model or Harvey Haddix. The glove now resides in the Baseball HOF.
