glove question

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Can a pitcher use a 1st basemens glove?In ASA ?USSSA?School ball?

 

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Either a glove or mitt can be worn at any position in ASA, USSSA, NFHS (high school) and NSA fastpitch softball. So, yes, your pitcher may wear a first base mitt- and your shortstop could wear a catcher's mitt if she wanted to!

This used to be different for some sanctioning bodies, where the use of a mitt was confined to the catcher and first baseman only. Over the past few years many associations have modified this rule to allow any type glove or mitt at any position. The reasoning behind this has been that a mitt offers no inherent advantage at other positions and that organizations do not want to limit participation for lack of a specialized piece of equipment.

While the above four sanctioning bodies are the ones I most commonly deal with, I would be willing to bet that there are still sanctioning bodies out there that do not allow mitts at any position other than F2 and F3. I believe that Little League, and perhaps PONY, still have this restriction, but I don't have their rule books handy.

Beyond fastpitch, strangely USSSA slow pitch still limits the use of mitts to F2 and F3, as do most baseball organizations. High school baseball is the only one I'm aware of that allows mitts at any position, the same as high school softball does.

 

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The Resident expert has spoken. lol
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I would have gotten this question wrong if it were on a test!!! I did not know that the rule had changed.. Thanks Bret

 

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I would have gotten it wrong as well

 

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You would have been right though, up until about five years ago!

 

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Nice job Bret.

 

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Thanks bret. I would have been wrong as well. You've saved me from potential embarrassment had I seen someone using the 'wrong' glove. I doubt that a catchers mitt would end up showing on the hand of a shortstop but it would be feasible to see a first base mans mitt in the outfield.

I guess this is why we are all out here reading this stuff...learning as we go.

 

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OH no! I missed this one too... hopefully I will see the team from indoor games soon so I can relay this information

 

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Either a glove or mitt can be worn at any position in ASA, USSSA, NFHS (high school) and NSA fastpitch softball. So, yes, your pitcher may wear a first base mitt- and your shortstop could wear a catcher's mitt if she wanted to!

We used to have to carry around a rule book with the page marked to settle this. We had a pitcher that also played 1st base that liked to wear her mitt at both positions, the way other teams complained you would have thought we had added two defenders.

 

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It would be very tempting to use the first base glove in the outfield. I can't come up with any disadvantages to it

 

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could someone please post where this is in the rule book so i can have a copy in the ballbag ready lol

 

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section 4 art. 1 and 2 page 11 of 2011 nfhs rule book.

 

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ASA Rule 3 Section 4: A Glove/Mitt may be worn by any player. ...

We just noticed our 1B using her mitt in the OF. We had a catcher that also used her mitt at 3B/OF.