Whats the best and fastest way to break in a new baseball glove?
The above answer covers most advice on the subject and is good advice so I will refrain from repeating it and tell you that the only thing I will add is that by placing your glove in a clothes dryer and running it through a few cycles with NO HEAT you will greatly speed up the break in process. This can also be done with a ball in the pocket to speed up pocket forming.
Baseball players have a special relationship with their gloves. It takes years to really break in a glove, so players often treat their glove as a beloved member of the family. There is no one definitive way to break in a baseball glove, but almost every example we found was based on the same basic method. The folks at SportsMom suggest making a homemade kit that contains shaving cream with lanolin, a clean dry cloth, string or rubberband, and special oil such as Rawlings Glovolium. After collecting the items, follow these directions. • Rub a dab of shaving cream on the cloth and apply it to the palm of the glove. Work outward from the palm in small sections until you’ve covered the entire glove. • Allow the glove to dry overnight. • Wipe any excess moisture off the glove and then go play catch with the glove for while. The leather will begin to form to your hand. • After playing catch, put the baseball in the pocket of the glove, then p
