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Vinci NEW Limited Series TJ1952-L Softball Glove

Vinci — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:25:18 +0000

The TJ1952-L is dedicated to the memory of Timothy Jones, a hard working truck driver, husband, father and hero! Tim battled cancer for 21 months after being diagnosed with two good months. During Tim’s battle, Mark Jones, his son, started purchasing Vinci products. Pete Vinci, president of Vinci became Mark’s mentor as Pete had helped his father, Benjamin Vinci (whose signature is in every Vinci glove) battle with ALS/Lou Gehrig’s disease. Because of this Mark had become more involved in the Vinci company. While Tim was still with us, Pete had started working on a softball specific glove and needed some input. He asked the opinion of Tim. Pete’s blueprint with Tim’s input became the TJ1952-L, a 13.5 inch H-web built like a Mack truck!

Unfortunately, Tim never saw the official release of the TJ1952-L as we lost Tim to his battle with cancer on March 22,2010. However, his name will be remembered by many as the TJ1952-L model is named after him.

Mark Jones

MAKE THE PLAY!

The TJ1952-L is the glove softball players have been waiting for! Beautifully designed and handcrafted with 13.5 inches of high quality 5oz Kip leather.Kip Leather is known for its durability, softness and weight. Our Kip Leather is roughly 20% lighter then our US steer hide model gloves, breaks in much faster and yet retains its shape longer. The TJ1952-L features a dual post web and flex-closed back. Available in either right-handed or left-handed thrower in 4 stunning colors, Black, Bordeaux, Blue and Red. As part of our Limited Series the TJ1952-L is a limited addition that has been added to the line for a short amount of time. We utilized sheepskin finger linings which are found on the top of the line gloves, put a solid palm pad in thee for beefed up protection where you need it most. The leather is pre-treated to allow for quicker break in time, and with all of that still have a glove that is one of the lightest on the market today.

Check out the TJ1952-L at VinciPro.com

Softball Hall Of Famer

Vinci — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:48:29 +0000

Don Clatterbough is one of only 31 men in the National Softball Hall of Fame (Men’s Slow Pitch category). He has over 4,000 career home runs and a .725 career batting average playing against some of the top talent in the country. He was a member of the legendary Steele’s softball team. That team was considered one of the best of all time. Pete Vinci has played against him many times. Pete says “Clatter” is still one of the best hitters around. His choice of batting gloves are the Vinci Bones. “Clatter” has said they are the best he has ever used.

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The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) was founded in 1933. It currently has about 3 million members across the US. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 250,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than four million. The organization conducts over 100 National Championships on an annual basis in which 30,000 players compete across the US.

First Annual Vinci Picture Contest

Vinci — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:20:59 +0000

Time for some summer fun! We at Vinci are having a picture contest for the month of August. Take your favorite picture of you wearing Vinci gear “Making the play!” and email it to pics@vincipro.com. You will find your picture posted on our Vinci Baseball Facebook page. We will judge for first, second and third place prizes. First place will be pair of our multi lens sport sunglasses (choice of color). Second place will be a pair of Vinci batting gloves, and third place will be a Vinci t-shirt.

Submit your pictures from July 30, 2009 through midnight August 20, 2009. Voting will be done August 21st-September 4th. Contestant winners will be notified September 8, 2009.

Go to www.vincibaseball.com to see the latest posted pictures. You will also find videos, pictures of some of our major leaguers wearing our products, and be able to connect with other baseball and softball fans.

1st Place

Vinci Multi-Lens Sunglasses

New Vinci Glove Break In Kit

Vinci — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:50:22 +0000

If you are looking to break in a new glove or just to maintain your glove, Vinci is proud to announce our new glove break in kit. This kit includes a wooden mallet, two rubber bands, a hard plastic ball, and glove conditioner.

Vinci Glove Break-in Kit

The wooden mallet is great for pounding the pocket of the glove for quicker break in to help form a nice pocket. The taper end of the mallet is tapered, which really helps opening finger stalls. The bands are great to breaking in a glove and also can be used all the time with your pocket ball. Cross the bands in an X pattern with the ball in pocket and keep it that way in your equipment bag or wherever you store your glove in between games. This ball with bands technique will help maintain the pocket shape to insure you can keep ‘making the play’.

The kit also comes with our special Vinci glove conditioner. Whether you are an amateur or a pro, breaking in and maintaining your glove is very important. We hope you will enjoy this new addition to our product line.

Maintain your glove and it will help you to make the play for many games. Let’s Play ball!

Check out the new Vinci Glove Break-in Kit.

The Meaning Behind The Vinci Glove Names

Vinci — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:00:55 +0000

Did you know that every Vinci model baseball and softball glove is named after either a member of the family or a very close friend? Some are named after current members of the family and many are of family that have passed on and there’s a story to just about every one of them. It’s hard to pick the most interesting story, because they all are. Our President, Pete, personally picks each model number himself. Each glove also contains the actual signature of Pete’s father Benjamin Vinci. This is a tribute to Pete’s dad and the type of special person Benjamin was.

Of course Pete’s other hero and teacher in life was his mother Rose. Both Ben and Rose have passed on but still live on in the Vinci family and influence us every day. So appropriately the first model we start off with is the BRV45. This model stands for the union of Benjamin and Rose Vinci, hence BRV. Another interesting baseball glove model is the BV1941, also named after Benjamin Vinci with 1941 representing the year Ben was shot and wounded at Pearl Harbor. You can read more about Benjamin Vinci by visiting www.pearlharborhero.com.

Getting Ready for the Season

Vinci — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:16:38 +0000

This is a great time of year if you’re into baseball. Spring training is about to start in Florida and Arizona with many teams having high hopes. It will be great to get out there and have the smells again of cut grass and hot dogs which must mean baseball. Here at VINCI it’s been interesting as we are getting gloves ready for many pro baseball players boxed up and ready to ship to spring training. In the next few days we will be talking about some players we have spoken to on the phone and try and get you up to date on what’s going on. Also, if you are getting ready to play this spring remember to keep working hard during the off season. What you do in the off season will bring you rewards during the season.

We have been talking to the Manager of the Italian WBC team and will pass along his thoughts on the Classic this Spring. Please come back for updates and some fun reading.

Let’s Play Ball!

Pete # 22
President

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