Wilson DP15 is named after Boston Redsox second baseman Dustin Pedroia.

He may not be big in size, but he plays BIG.

As one of the greatest second baseman ever, he deserves his own game model.

If you are interested in Wilson A2000 1787;

https://svcatch.blogspot.com/2018/07/glove-review-wilson-a2000-1787pattern.html

Funny thing about baseball glove leather is that,

depending on the color of the leather, their charactaristics differ quite much.

In most cases, different leather colors only mean difference, not one better than the other. But, as for some brands' leather, different colors mean different quality.

This usually occurs for cheaper gloves. Darker color is often better than the brighter color leather. It might be because to make bright colors, you have to decolor the leather before you dye it. (The leather is grey-ish color in the beginning. You can tell by looking at the edge of your baseball glove. It's often grey. If not, the leather quality is probably not the top notch)

So, to make long story short, if you are not sure about which color you want and you care about leather quality, black leather is the safe choice to be.

Different brands have different leather, so their best leather may not be black.

But Wilson's best color is without a doubt, BLACK.

This I can talk with 100% conviction,

black leather is the best among Wilson gloves.

Even for A2Ks this is for real, but for A2000s, it seems much more evident for me.

So, here's our black A2000 model.   

My favorite baseball gloves brand is Rawlings, no doubt. Not that I don't like Wilson

gloves, but I just love the classy feeling that Rawlings offers me.

It might be the logo. I just love that classy red patch on the glove

and the 'Rawlings' stitched on index finger.

At first, I did not like Rawlings glove at all. It looked too traditional.

Also, their pocket and style of the pattern didn't get to me. 

I had to experience balls getting bounced out of my hand when playing catch.

But that all went away when I started using gloves 'two in the pinky'.

For your information, 'two in the pinky' means putting your pinky and ring finger into glove's pinky.(glove's index finger hole is empty) 

That way, you generally get deeper pocket and more leverage when you close the glove. (For me, it feels more comfortable to close my front shoulder when pitching too)

In my humble opinion, Rawlings gloves' typical pattern, PRO 200 is better off when you use it two in the pinky because it has deep pocket.

On top of that, my hands are not long nor thick. So it feels kind of insecure when I go traditional with the glove. (each finger for each fingler holes)

If anyone does not prefer Rawlings gloves, I suggest you get a hold of well broken-in,

fairly used Rawlings. You can never hate it.

Everyone has their first love and it's unforgettable

If you have played baseball, you will always remember your first gamer

For me, it was Wilson A2000

1787 pattern infield model

btw, nowadays Wilson A2000 are pretty much all made in Vietnam,

but back in the days, they were made in Japan

Some claim that Wilson A2000 made in Vietnam are no good

compared to those made in Japan

Very controversial topic indeed

What's my opinion? I will cover it later on 

Actually it was not my first glove ever, but it was my first gamer

I used it for my college years all the way through

Of course, I had other gloves too but I held on to her

It was already very very soft and got heavier for some reason

Which is very natural for a baseball glove after some period of time

Probably because as glove gets softer, in particular the finger paddings,

it cannot stay strong and keep it's shape

Thus, the whole glove weight starts to fall on the player's hand

Well, I had to let it go not because it got floppy,

but because it started to fall apart

Especially the laces could not take it any more

Used it for several years and gamed it for countless games,

I do have some things to say about it