This doesn't happen often at all to me I'm just curious as I had this experience at practice and it kind of freaked me out. We were doing an intersquad scrimmage and I was in left field and the batter (righty) hit the ball to right field. I heard the sound of the bat but I could not find the ball in the air at all. Anyone else had this experience or know what causes it? It wasn't particularly sunny out so I don't think I lost it in the sky.
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Happens to everyone at some point. Often, it is the result of the background, whether that be silver bleachers, white/grey sky, dusk, lousy lighting... And, of course, when our sight starts to deteriorate (which can be at any age), it can happen more easily.
The first sign that I needed glasses was that I started losing fly balls in the sky, especially during night games. May want to get your eyes checked just in case.
What was the color of the bat? Who was the hitter?
Bob
@Consultant posted:What was the color of the bat? Who was the hitter?
Bob
Hint: If you are focused enough to be able to answer the questions Bob posed, you are much less likely to lose sight of the ball.
In college summer ball I once made a diving catch of a routine fly ball. The light standard in the right field corner blew. We played the game anyway. I had trouble in right picking up the spin of the ball off right handed hitters when they hit high flies to the right side. It was like chasing down an eclipse.
Adbono:
maybe the "helpful hints" from this video. It is a "slow" day in Santa Rosa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...flun5CyIc&t=191s
Bob
