Keeping my Eyes on the Ball

I can answer that question ...

I have a RHP who's now in college. When I went to bifocals, it was the pits. Most bifocals are progressive (no little line in them) .. They are adjusted so that if you look out through the bottom of the glasses, your focal distance is about 20 inches.

So, as the pitch was breaking down from my son, it would "disappear" completely ... become an ugly blur. I got hit so many times from late breaking pitches that broke down that I went out and got a 2nd pair of glasses that were just for "sports". After that, the injury frequency diminished.

obtw: My long term solution to the problem was to let his girlfriend start handling the long toss with him ... she was a former SS on the softball team.

They are in college together and still play "catch" daily.

Thanks HHH! That's what I figured might happen. Glad you survived. I'll just have to keep a second 'regular' pair around for that. Of course, then I'll be changing back to bi-focals to keep the scorebook. Maybe I should look into the laser treatments and be done with it. I don't know, 20 years down the road do they find the process deteriorates into blindness and then I can't catch with the grandkids? ahh..

Thanks for the warning!

Stop playing catch now before your son take's you out. LOL
The older they get the scarier it become's.
I know i'm going to take one in the snot locker one of these days. The EH

I just switched from two different sets of monofocal contacts to a set of multifocal contacts and have been very happy with them. It took a couple days to adjust to them and there is a slight compromise in my distance vision. That small trade off is worth it to me. I was tired of changing to my “distance” contacts before practice and then I couldn’t read a thing. I was beginning to have trouble reading with my “regular” contacts too because my presbyopia is fairly advanced for my age. The multifocal contacts give me acceptable near, intermediate, and distance vision from one set of contacts. My wife keeps a very detailed scorebook at games and it’s nice to be able to read it again.

Geez, that sounds like a paid endorsement. No such luck and I have the hole in my wallet to prove it.

You might consider getting Lasik, the Restore Lens or the Crystal Lens.

There is also an implantable contact lens that just got approval by the FDA, my wife used to work for the company, and it's a great product.

http://www.staar.com/

When I had my Lasik surgery (done by my wife ), she did something to allow me never to have to wear reading glasses. Might be worth talking to your ophthalmologist (not optometrist) about.