Slip-on ball glove

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

• a front portion having a front lower peripheral region, the front lower peripheral region having first and second front connection portions spaced apart by a front hand-receiving portion;
• a back portion having a back lower peripheral region, the back lower peripheral region having first and second back portions spaced apart by a back hand-receiving portion, the first and second front connection portions connected to the first and second back connection portions, respectively, the front and back hand-receiving portions defining a hand opening for removably receiving the hand of the user, the back hand-receiving portion having a back lower edge of a first length extending along the hand opening, the back lower edge defining the lowest boundary of the back portion of the ball glove, the back hand-receiving portion including at least one upwardly extending notch, the back portion further connected to the front portion to form a plurality of finger stalls and a thumb stall;
• at least one elastic panel coupled to the back hand-receiving portion at the notch, the elastic panel substantially covering the notch, and having an exposed lower open edge;
• the at least one notch having a total width that is less than 50 percent of the first length;
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• 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 the 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 edge, an inner surface and an outer surface, the back lower edge forming the lowest boundary of the back portion of the ball glove the back lower edge having a first length extending along the hand opening, the front and back portions separated along most of the front and back lower edges to define a hand opening;
• at least one notch formed into the back portion and upwardly extending from the back lower edge into the inner and outer surfaces of the back portion the at least one notch having a total width that is less than 50 percent of the first length;
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• at least one elastic strip including first and second ends, the strip extending across the notch, the strip at least partially covering the notch, the first and second ends of the strip secured to the back portion, the at least one elastic strip enabling the hand opening to resiliently expand to receive the hand of the user and then contract to generally conform to the wrist of the user.