Abstract: A ball catching apparatus such as a baseball glove is disclosed. The apparatus includes a palm-side shell provided on a ball-catching side of the apparatus, a back-side shell provided on a non-ball-catching side of the apparatus, and an extension portion provided at a little-finger base portion of the palm-side shell and connected with the back-side shell. A flexing portion is provided for flexing the extension portion toward the non-ball-catching side of the apparatus.

Abstract: A ball catching apparatus has a a thumb inserting portion and first and second cover members provided on a non-ball-catching side of the apparatus for forming the thumb inserting portion. The first cover member includes an extension portion extending along a direction of inserting the thumb. The second cover member is provided at least around the extension portion. The thumb inserting portion is formed by connecting the first and second cover members to each other at the extension portion, with the first cover member covering at least a portion of the second cover member.