Glove restrictions

Southpaw07,

It is illegal for pitchers to wear gloves that are white, gray or multi-colored. The particular glove you referred to would be considerd to be multi-colored....even with silver stitching.
NFHS Rule6.2.1.h

P.S. It is a beauty though!

Actually it's probably gonna come down to how the umpire interprets the rule itself. I have asked a few and seen pitchers wear a glove with tan laces on a black glove, or tan glove with black laces. Some say that as long as the glove is black or tan with the same color web (the web is different than the laces) they will allow it. Others will not, just to be safe, I wouldn't use this type, the contrast is too much between the red and black, it may be questioned.

I agree with Glove Man, alot of this area has to do with the Umps interpertation of the rules.

A few years ago I (a Pitcher) used a glove similar to this one, only it was an open back and had a black wrist band on it with the Rawlings logo on it.

A few teams questioned the fact of it being 'two-tonned' The umps said in their mind it was just the lacing and the lacing in the web that was a different colour, so it was allowed.
Rawlings Mill Series

I know the heart of the hide gloves have a different lacing colour and no one bothers to question. A friend of mine (a Pitcher) actually got his lacing changed to Red and the Umps haven't stopped him from using it.

Thanks a lot for the advice.I figure I will get that glove with grey laces, assuming that most umps will let me use it.

Much ado about nothing. This kind of logic is rooted in "control freaks". Why because if you're going to ban multicolured gloves than you "must" ban multi-coloured uniforms...especially any of them that are white.

And if your eyes are blue and your skin is brown that is multi-coloured and you should be banned from playing BB.

How did we get through all these years of playing this game without all these control freak types.

We are ending up with the guys who complain if they have a hang-nail. Guess we will need to stop the game and take care of that hang-nail.

Talk about being psst off...just bought a $300 glove for my son, pitcher, tan on the inside and darker brown outside with dark brown laces. He couldn't use it.

Give-me-a-break.

What kind of glove is it Ram, what brand and what model? do you have a link for a pic from manufacturers website?

I'd just like to see it that's all. By the sounds of your description, I don't see a problem with the glove being used by a pitcher.

Here it is...around $250.00 plus tax.

Though we bought it here locally.

http://www.ballglovewarehouse.com/images/products/item-ra05-pros20bc.jpg

Ridiculous! The only problem that i could even fathom is the dk brown finger piece. Other than that I don't see a problem.

Ump must have had a bad day... or prior evening!

Ramrod.

I need some clarification on your experience before passing judgment on what happended to you. Im having a hard time seeing an umpire ruling out the glove pictured above... the only feature outstanding is the dark brown finger pad....This is, in my world, not a disqualifier.....

Who complained about the color of the glove?....Who brought the glove color to the attention of the umpire or did the umpire just outright disqualify the glove on his own???? Plus, Can you tell me what level of ball this is??? Im certainly hoping it is not HS varsity level.....

I have a problem with umpires who go looking for things to rule on. I have enough issues and everyday game management requirements without looking for things to rule on. However, if an opposing coach requested a ruling, then the umpire must rule.....and much of that is left to umpire judgment and not being there, I cant offer an opinion on that.....

I agree with piaa regarding the glove that Ramrod mentioned.

Every year there is discussion in our chapter regarding ball gloves that might be considered multi-colored. None of us considers a glove that has variations of the same color (like Ramrod's tan/brown) to be multi-colored. What we look for, if the opposing coach objects, is a lot of contrast like the one that southpaw07 showed (black with bright red laces) or gloves I have seen that are red, white and blue. Don't roll your eyes and laugh, they do exist.

Piaa is right when he says that we have enough to look after on the field without looking for trouble. Simply stated though it is a rule we have to deal with from time to time.

I guess what puzzles me most though is why a ball player who is going to be pitching at any given point would buy a glove that he might not be able to use? One ump might say it's OK then next game another ump says get rid of it. An opposing coach will call attention to it every time if for no other reason than to get under the kids skin. If I was a pitcher I know it's a headache I'd want to avoid.

PIAA_UMP | Pilsner

This happened at college level ball. My son was pitching a shut out in the third inning then was forced to use a glove from one of the other players, and as you know having an unfamiliar glove can be a distraction to a pitcher.

This is the second glove my son has had to change out because of the new rule about multi-coloured gloves.

First one was a Regent that my son bought in Australia which is the same as a Spalding Diamond Pro series was a dark tan on the outside, almost a brown, and a lighter tan on the inside.

IMO coaches are now using this approach to see whether they can upset the pitchers by forcing the umpires to make a ruling on the glove.

All that has to happen is for the coach to say that the glove is bothering his batters and the glove is thrown out.

This is the most draconian bit of nonsense that could have happened to this game.

We bought a new glove just the other day Nike Pro series all black.

But can you imagine that baseball passed these rules and obsoleted thousands of gloves across this country.

I bet I'm not the only parent that is psst off about this kind of BS.

I'd like to send the bill directly to the idiot who thought this one up.

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by rr: IMO coaches are now using this approach to see whether they can upset the pitchers

you are correct and out here we've seen that since youth leagues - you are fortunate in some respects to not have been exposed to that earlier

so now YOU have a nice one to play catch, or will we see it on ebay?

good choice on the Rawlings tho


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hey ramrod i have the same glove and so does my friend,, we both pitch and the umps got no problem with it. its the pro preferred one right? what a bumber an excellent glove and a beauty