Gloves

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Originally Posted by CoachJM

I could have sworn I read a FED ruling that if a pitcher was discovered (after the fact) to have used a glove with a white-threaded logo to make a fielding play, the play would stand and the pitcher would simply not be subsequently allowed to use the glove while pitching. No 3-base award. Rationale being that the pitcher's glove is perfectly legal for fielding, it's just overly distracting (& therefore illegal) for pitching.

Of course, I can't find that ruling now, either. I believe it was posted on the FED website in their annual "official interpretations" section in 2005 - mysteriously vanished from the FED website.

SITUATION 14: The pitcher is wearing a red, white, and blue fielding glove. In the second inning, the batter hits a line drive that is caught by the pitcher. RULING: This is an illegal glove for the pitcher to use. The out is cancelled and the batter is awarded third base. Had the pitcher been told prior to the catch, all he would have needed to do is replace the glove with a legal one. (1-3-5, 1-4-3, 6-2-1-h penalty, 8-3-3b)