I have always broken in my gloves with oil and practice. I decided to hurry this one along by using the suggested oven tip I have heard about in the past. “Oh, just put your glove in the oven!” I never believed them, because I feared it would catch fire. I thought I was wrong. My Easter was ruined today.

Edit: Here is the link that says 15 minutes at 350F: https://ecosports.com/blogs/vegan-athletes/how-to-break-in-a-baseball-glove

  • static09@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’ve used the oven method for two different gloves, but used shaving cream on the first one and a specific treatment foam on the second one. It’s been 10 years since I last played, but I remember putting it on a cookie sheet and we turned the oven off before placing the glove in.

    Sucks this happened to ya. Hopefully somebody around you has a spare you can borrow until you can figure out a replacement and get it broken in.