Okay, the whole "throw it into a bucket of water" thing is nonsense.
What you want to do is this, see. Take a full size pink grapefruit (it has to be pink) and peel it (do NOT throw the peel away) like you would an orange then put it in the deep freeze for about an hour. You want it frozen, but not frozen solid. Take the grapefruit out of the freezer, put it in the glove. Then, wrap a leather belt (not elastics, they chafe and weaken the grain) around the glove. Make sure you take the buckle off the belt because the whole thing is going in the microwave next.
Now this part is important -- put it in the microwave on DEFROST for half an hour (an hour if it's a catcher's mitt, 22 minutes for a 1st-baseman's glove). The heat in the microwave will simultaneously melt the grapefruit and contract the leather belt, slowly squeezing out the essential oils of the grapefruit while also molding the leather into the shape you want (the shape of a grapefruit/softball).
I know, I know, Spalding has their $29 citrus oils and velcro straps that the salesman will try to push on you at any specialty shop, but doing it the old fashioned way is cheaper and better.
And remember those peels you saved? Well, rub those into the palm and between the fingers (especially between the fingers, that region is usually ignored but is vital) next time he temperature reaches 15C (74F) and leave the glove in the sun for no more than 3 hours.
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