Andrew McCutchen hasn't had the conversation with 7-year-old son Steel yet, but the Pittsburgh Pirates star knows it's probably coming at some point. Steel, already playing in a youth baseball ...

Sliding mitts are baseball’s ‘must-have,’ even if at youth levels, they’re all fashion, no function The padded gloves are designed to protect a player's hand when they slide headfirst to ...

The protective hand-padding mitts worn by baseball players are known as “sliding mitts,” which are also jokingly referred to as oven mitts due to their resemblance to the baking staple.

He first took notice of sliding mitts when his son Braydon, then 10, pointed out one of his teammates had one and said basically, “Oh hey dad, wouldn’t it be nice if I had one, too.” ...

The initial mitts were relatively simple. A 2009 picture of Podsednik sliding into second base shows his left hand covered in what looks like a padded modified batting glove, ...