Ball glove with reinforced finger stalls and a wrist panel with spaced-apart padding

A ball glove comprising:

• a front glove portion;
• a back glove portion coupled to the front glove portion to define a hand cavity and to form a plurality of finger stalls and a thumb stall, each finger stall including a front stall portion and a back stall portion;
• at least one elongate reinforcing member, one of the reinforcing members being coupled to the back stall portion of one of the finger stalls and the thumb stall, each reinforcing member including at least two reinforcing member segments that are positioned end to end along the stall such that the reinforcing member segments do not overlap each other;
• and
• a webbing coupled to, and positioned between one of the finger stalls and the thumb stall.

A ball glove for receiving a hand, and generally conforming to a wrist, of a user, the ball glove comprising:

• a front portion having a front lower edge;
• a back portion coupled to the front portion to form a hand cavity, the back portion having a back lower region, the back lower region having inner and outer surfaces;
• and
• a wrist pad coupled to the inner surface of the lower back region, the wrist pad having a plurality of inwardly extending projections, the plurality of projections being spaced apart to define at least one channel, the at least one channel sufficiently sized to enable air to readily flow through the channel, along the wrist pad, between the hand cavity and the environment on the outside of the ball glove.