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

Steel, already playing in a youth baseball league ... Yet if Steel is hoping his father will spring for a sliding mitt — a padded glove a player can slip over one of their hands to protect ...

Sliding Mitts Are Baseball's 'Must-Have,' Even if at Youth Levels, They're All Fashion, No Function PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hasn't had the conversation with 7-year-old son Steel yet ...

Google “sliding mitt designs” and you'll find themes ranging from the American flag to an ice cream cone to aliens to a poop emoji ( yes, really ). Youth ballplayer Josiah Jones bats during ...

with a black sliding mitt noticeably sticking out of his left back pocket. Youth ballplayer Josiah Jones bats during a game in Monroeville, Pa., with his sliding matt in his back pocket on April ...

Steel, already playing in a youth baseball league ... Yet if Steel is hoping his father will spring for a sliding mitt — a padded glove a player can slip over one of their hands to protect ...

Steel, already playing in a youth baseball league ... Yet if Steel is hoping his father will spring for a sliding mitt — a padded glove a player can slip over one of their hands to protect ...