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Catcher using Fielder's Glove
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FED Rules with a couple league rules which supersede FED rules.
Had a pair of 5th Grade rec ball games I filled in to help a friend out. Catcher comes to the plate with a fielder's glove on. I didn't think anything of it other than at this age they should be learning how to catch with a mitt. After the half inning partner comes in and says the next inning the kid has to lose the glove for a mitt. I'm not looking for bear and say the only two rules I know regarding gloves/mitts are the white/gray on the pitcher's glove and only the F3 can use a first baseman's glove. He precedes to let the head coach know his catcher is not legally equipment and has to lose the glove. The only FED rules I could find concerning gloves or mitts was
1-3-6 Gloves/mitts made of leather shall be worn by all fielders and not be altered to create an adhesive, sticky, and/or tacky surface. The glove/mitt worn by the catcher may be any size. The glove/mitt worn by the pitcher that includes the colors white and/or gray shall be removed from the game upon discovery by either team and/or umpire. The glove/mitt worn by all fielders except the catcher shall conform to the following maximum specifications (found in Diagram 4):
Height (measured from the bottom edge or heel straight up across the center of the palm to a line even with the highest point of the glove/mitt): 14 inches
Width of palm (measured from the bottom edge of the webbing farthest from the thumb in a horizontal line to the outside of the little finger edge of the glove/mitt): 8 inches
Webbing (measured across the top end or along any line parallel to the top): 5-3/4 inches
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