Well, our Easton Stealth Youth gear arrived earlier today. I must say these legs and chest are so much out in front of the stock stuff the league provides these kids. I would let him wear it in his in-house game today,... I wanted him to wear it out back first, let his brother throw him a few, do a few blocking maneuvers in the grass, and just get a little used to it first. However, the mitts (AGC-98 and AHC-94) seems there's a back-order going on over at Akadema on those two gloves. In another forum, I read these two gloves are being replaced by new models, and the the superseding models will be inferior to the originals. Is there any truth to this? I don't mind waiting a day or two (promised Wednesday delivery)for new stock, I don't even mind if the new Akadema stock coming in is different in some ways. I do mind if these changes are aimed at cutting corners, rather than improvements or the inclusion of new better technologies. I mean how much corner cutting can a youth catchers mitt absorb before becoming a Walmart special?