Aimee's Glove

Here is a picture of Aimee's softball mitt about to be baked in the oven. First though, it needs to be coated with Hot Glove Heat Treatment. That is a lotion that gets rubbed into the leather to help soften the material.

After it cooks for awhile, the remaining lotion gets wiped off and the mitt needs to be broken in and flexed for awhile to help soften it. We did about 3-4 treatments to get the glove really soft.

This is a new glove that Aimee has had for at least a couple of years but wasn't using because she couldn't give up her old glove that was about 30 years old. That thing was paper thin and falling apart but Aimee just didn't want to use any other gloves. Finally it just got to the point that it was no longer feasible to use that old thing in a game anymore.

She heard about this product that helps loosen up new gloves to make them feel like older, worn-in gloves. So far it seems to work very well and the new glove is very soft now and serving her well during games.

Bonus - Hot Glove is endorsed by Bobby Cox.