Contact Lenses

I have been told when getting my contacts that the degree of correction with soft lenses is not as precise as with glasses. Unless he has a severe astigmatism, he should be able to adjust.

Make sure he keeps some rewetting solution in his kit for any stray bits of clay...and do remind him to wash his hands first!

Thanks for the info Orlando!

My son's eye exam a few years ago indicated a need for glasses. His eyes are pretty good, but not perfect and glasses would improve his vision. He opted for contacts, but would not wear them, choosing to play all through high school and summer ball without glasses or contacts. He played well and hit well (All-District, All-Region, All-State), but an opthomologist asked him one day why he would chose to play with such a handicap, when it could be so easily corrected?

Late summer, he began wearing contact lenses. I must tell you he immediately went into a (Johnny Damon style) batting slump that continued through the fall. The only change was the way he was seeing the ball. For the first time, he was seeing the ball clearly with 20/20 vision and having difficulty hitting it.

It doesn't seem logical, but that was the experience. He struggled with the bat through his college fall season, but with a lot of hard work and giving it time -- it appears that he's now working through it and seems to have regained his eye for the ball.

Season begins in 18 days.