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Not sure how many people can read this as the NY Times has a paywall, but a fun story on all the ways major leaguers break in their gloves. My son used the wrap his glove with rubber bands around a ball for days on end — and he slept with it as part of the break in process. What's your favorite?

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/0...aB5EBy0gY7WiqRA2vvQI

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I made a mallet with a baseball and handle and used it along with oil and rubber bands to break in a few gloves for son....that was a long time ago though

You can steam it a Dick's Sporting Goods to get it going.  Ball and rubber bands under the mattress for a long time works, I have had friends drive over it with their car but wouldn't recommend.  We get the mallet and conditioner and my son drives me nuts pounding on it for hours.  Leaving it in a hot car helps soften the leather.  But playing with it is the best way we have found. 

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