What position do you play? Softball infielders like smaller gloves than outfielders do. If playing slow pitch and you have never played before, look at a glove around the 13″ range for a good starting point. Put the glove on and see how it feels to you. If you have played before, ask yourself the question below.

What glove do you currently use? What are the pros and cons of this particular glove? Figuring out what you like and dislike about your current glove will start you on a fast track to finding out what you want. Consider rating how you like the size of the glove, the web, the back, the feel of the glove, the padding in the palm, the pocket size, the leather quality, durability, etc.

How many games a year do you play? Players who play 50+ games a year should look toward a higher end glove. Higher end gloves typically are built better with better materials and leather to help with the durability.

What level of softball do you play? Higher levels of play have higher demands on player’s equipment meaning a higher end glove will probably suit a higher level player better than a lower end glove. On the flip side, a lower level player may be better suited for a more inexpensive glove. However, the amount of games played by a lower level player may be better due to the durability aspect.

Price: How much are you willing to spend or can you spend on a new piece of leather? This is pretty self explanatory. If you can only spend X on a glove, you can only spend X on a glove. Gloves range from $50 and on up. As the prices go up, typically so does the quality.

Higher end gloves usually last longer than the bottom of the barrel gloves. If you spend $75 a year on a glove, 3 years down the road, you have invested $225 in gloves and invested time to break them all in while also getting use to them. Consider buying a higher end glove and getting better quality, saving time on breaking in numerous gloves and saving time on getting use to the glove itself. Also, higher end gloves can usually be re laced, where the lower end gloves it’s not worth really worth it.

Also, higher end gloves take more abuse than lower end gloves. Have you ever been caught out in the rain while playing? I know I have. As much as I don’t suggest getting your glove wet, sometimes, you just can’t help it. Higher end gloves usually can bounce back better than lower end gloves. Typically, if a lower end glove gets soaked, it’s done. A higher end glove usually can be saved. I have had better luck with higher end gloves in and after the rain.

But, it all comes down to you as a player and what you feel comfortable with. The above questions are a starting point to guide you to the glove that will be perfect for you.

Guest Blog by Mark Jones

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Customizable Glove Parts

(Mesh color is also customizable on Mesh Gloves)

Introductory Price: $249

To request a custom glove order form, please send an email to orders@vincipro.com with the subject: Custom Color Glove Order Form Request

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These gloves are mostly one of a kinds in this color and style. They are all New and never been used. Once they’re gone, they’re gone!!

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The 22 Series  gloves utilize 5.0 oz. US Steer hide which has a touch softer feel , designed for the player who likes a softer fielders glove. This line also comes pre-treated allowing for much shorter break in times. Both the baseball gloves and softball gloves utilizes ‘Shock Pads’ that are strategically placed and sewn inside the lining for better palm protection by covering a larger area of the hand.

These gloves are already getting rave reviews and being compared to or called BETTER than some of our competitors $250-$300 gloves!!

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11.5 inch            I Web       Mesh Back

Vinci RV1923-22

12.5 inch          H Web         Closed Back

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13 inch             Dual Post Web        Flex Closed Back

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13.25 inch      Dual-Hinge Basket Web     Closed Back

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In 1997 Castillo was traded by the Giants to the New York Yankees where he played until 1999. He then played for the northern league for teams like the Chicago White Sox and the San Diego Padres.

From 2000 to 2007 he pitched for teams in the Atlantic league until being signed by the Baltimore Orioles in 2008. Alberto Castillo was signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks in June 2011. He pitched his first game and got the win, with the team on June 28th where he was pictured wearing Vinci glove model CT82-M, a 12 inch fielder’s glove from the Vinci Mesh Series.

Congratulations on your return to the Major Leagues Alberto!!

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We at Vinci are SO very proud to announce the newest addition to the Vinci line. As some of you may know, each glove model # we make has some sort of significance.  There have been many people that have affected us and helped us get to where we are today. This glove model is named after a very close friend of the family who also happens to be the creator and designer of our website Vincipro.com. His name is Michael Orr.  Hence the MEO-24. Thanks for all you do Mike!

Vinci introduces it’s latest glove model to the Mesh Series,  the MEO24-M. This  12 inch infielder’s glove has a double bar web and Vinci open back. As part of the Vinci Mesh Series it features a mesh back that allows it to be lighter in weight and keep the player’s hand cool while helping minimize perspiration.

• Double Reinforced Mesh Back

• Rolled Leather Welting

• Comfort Feel Genuine Kip Leather

• Heavy-Duty Thumb and Pinky Loops

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Looking back through our own history, we are amazed at how many important Vinci milestones occurred in the month of July and we wanted to take some time to reflect and share some of the highlights with you.

July 26th, 1942: Benjamin Vinci is awarded the Purple Heart.

Benjamin Vinci receives the Purple Heart.

Anyone familiar with our story knows that every Vinci glove features the signature of Benjamin Vinci, a true American hero. Benjamin was gravely wounded on the morning of December 7, 1941 in the infamous attacks on Pearl Harbor. After nearly 6 months of treatment (and with a 50 caliber bullet permanently lodged near his heart) Benjamin did what any patriot would do, he returned to active duty. On July 26^th, he was awarded the Purple Heart for his valor on the battlefield.  Almost sixty years later on July 27, 2001, US Senators Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton (from Benjamin’s Home State of New York) led the US Senate in honoring his bravery. It was with a promise to Benjamin Vinci that “One day he would see his name in the big leagues” that Vinci (the glove) was born.

July 13th, 2008: Wilkin Ramirez Plays in the MLB Futures Game

Ramirez hits a homer on his first MLB at bat!

On July 11^th of this year, those who tuned in to watch the US take on the World at the MLB Futures Game were treated to a closing camera shot of a pair of Vinci Sport Sunglasses in the dugout of the World Team. Those glasses belonged to outfielder Wilkin Ramirez, and 2010 marked his second trip to the future. In 2008, Wilkin was a member of the World Team that won in a 3 -0 shut out over the US. We were very proud that Wilkin chose to wear a PJV16 Fielder’s glove and he logged a base hit with his #5 Vinci Batting Gloves and Vinci Baseball Bat (you can purchase the signed bat here). It was a great moment for Vinci to celebrate the future of a valued friend as well as our own future in the big leagues. Wilkin would go on to play for the Detroit Tigers where (while wearing his #5 Vinci Batting Gloves) he would become the first Tiger since Reggie Sanders in 1974 to hit a homerun on his first at bat.

July, 19th 2008: Vladimir Nunez, the first player to wear Vinci in the Majors

Vladimir Nunez, the first player to wear Vinci in the majors.

Just 6 days after Ramirez hinted at Vinci’s big league future, the future arrived. On July 19^th, Vladimir Nunez, a right-handed relief pitcher was called up to the Atlanta Braves. Based in Richmond, Virginia, Vinci had developed a friendship with Nunez earlier that year. In April he began wearing Vinci gloves for the minor league AAA Braves affiliate team, the Richmond Braves. When Nunez was called up that July, he took his Vinci MV3 glove with him. It was a magical evening for us at Vinci as we watched Vladimir kiss his glove for luck when he stepped to the mound.

July 22nd, 2009: Carlos Torres makes his Major League Debut

Carlos Torres make his MLB debut.

Vinci had officially broken the major league barrier in July 2008. There were several other Vinci sightings in the year that followed, but no list of Vinci milestones would be complete without mentioning one of our favorite players, the 2-time Minor League All Star and only the 9^th player ever to be named Minor League Pitcher of the week 3 times in a single season. Carlos Torres, the 26-year-old right-handed relief pitcher brought his Vinci MV30 along when he was called up to the Chicago White Sox. He made his debut July 22^nd against the Tampa Bay Rays where he pitched six strong innings to record a quality start.

July 14, 2010: Carlos Torres named starting Pitcher for MiLB All Stars

One year later, Torres continues to have one of the most decorated careers in AAA Charlotte Knights history and on July 14^th, he was again named the starting pitcher for the International League All-Stars. He pitched 2 innings of the nationally televised game while wearing his Vinci MV30.

July, 2010: Elmer Dessens lights up the NY Mets Bullpen

Dessens and his glove earn compliments from Keith Hernandez.

And finally, we thought we’d tell one of our favorite current stories. Elmer Dessens has been called a lot of things in his 17-year professional baseball career. But recently he’s been bucking the odds by being called the “savior” of the New York Mets bullpen crisis. At 40 years old, this veteran of 9 major league franchises landed in New York (the place where it all started for Vinci).  And he has been racking up the wins ever since.

En route to a recent win (alright this one officially happened on the last day of June, but we’ve been talking about it a lot this July) Elmer Dessens’ Vinci MV30 glove caught the attention of New York baseball legend (and Mets analyst) Keith Hernandez. You might remember Hernandez from his World Series winning career with the Mets and the Cardinals, from his 3 best-selling books, or from his many guest appearances on Seinfeld.  But for those of us at Vinci, Hernandez will now be remembered as the New York legend that chose a nationally televised game to plug our glove. During the fifth inning, Hernandez saw Elmer’s glove and asked the viewing audience, “What’s that label on his Glove? Vinci? Like Leonardo Da Vinci? I’ve heard of that glove company.”

To hear a New York baseball legend talk about a glove that bears the signature of a New York war hero just 2 short years after Vinci gloves broke into the Big Leagues was surreal to say the least. And it’s just another reason that, here at Vinci, July will always be among our favorite times of year.

Do you have any favorite July baseball stories? If so, drop us a line, we’d love to hear them!

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