Baseball players from major leaguers to Little Leaguers are using sliding mitts as a form of self-expression, even if at some levels, they're not needed at all ...

Steel, already playing in a youth baseball league, will probably come home at one point and ask his five-time All-Star father if he can have whatever hot item his teammates might be rocking during ...

Baseball players from major leaguers to Little Leaguers are using sliding mitts as a form of self-expression, even if at some levels, they're not needed at all.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hasn't had the conversation with his 7-year-old son Steel yet, but the Pittsburgh Pirates star knows it's probably coming at some point.

Youth ballplayer Grayson Cole, left, waits for his game to get underway with his Savannah Banana sliding mitt in his back pocket on April 27, 2025 in Monroeville, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) ...

Baseball players from major leaguers to Little Leaguers are using sliding mitts as a form of self-expression, even if at some levels, they're not needed at all.

Youth ballplayer Josiah Jones bats during a youth baseball game in Monroeville, Pa., with his sliding mitt in his back pocket on April 27, 2025. AP Photo | Gene J. Puskar ...

AP Sports Sliding mitts are baseball’s ‘must-have,’ even if at youth levels, they’re all fashion, no function By The Associated Press - ...