by robin_buckeye » May 14th, 2008, 11:48 am
My Dad had to get his old first baseman's mitt relined as, after about 20 years, the sweat had eaten it up. After that he started wearing a batting glove inside the mitt -- his logic was that batting gloves are cheaper to replace than linings.
I started doing this too and found it occasionally moderates the sting on a ball that catches the palm.
My son also wears one inside his catcher's mitt, but that is just for a little extra protection -- he doesn't like it inside his fielder's glove.