Question about wearing glasses.

Look into getting some prescription Oakley's like Eric Gange. I played with a kid who had them. He was a shortstop and pitcher and wore them in the field and on the mound. Seemed to work well for him.

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I have only seen blues allow sunglasses on a pitcher on rare occasions under severe circumstances. E.g., the sun was very low & directly in the pitcher's eyes and literally blinding the pitcher. I imagine the blues only allowed it for their own, errr... I mean the batter's safety.

How about that surgery that corrects vision - could that work for him? or is that only for adults?

I've never heard of an umpire telling a kid he couldn't wear his prescription glasses ... even pitchers ... so why not allow sunglasses? It's not like it's a distraction to the batter like items worn on the throwing arm.

Maybe you'd have to make an exception though and ban those sunglasses with the holographic skulls

If they say it's a safety issue ... say it's safer to be able to see the ball in the first place. I've seen plenty of umpires wear sunglasses behind their mask ... and they're on the receiving end of every pitch.

Junior just started wearing glasses this year. Preseason scrimmage, pre-game infield, coachwalking around the field called to him, just as OF threw one into 2nd - you can guess where thr throw hit him - 2 week old glasses in pieces, cut eye, chipped tooth later - we decide to get the rec-specs w/ transition lenses - they have worked well for him. No night games yet. One team griped about the "glare" off his glasses - I think it had more to do with the 3 hitter he was handing them. I'm about to start a new post - article about him in today's paper - there is a pic of him wearing them - check 'em out.

There is no rule disallowing sunglasses for pitchers......There could be some issue if the lenses are mirrored or overly reflective, but normal sunglasses or transitional lenses are not banned.

As an umpire, its going to have to be pretty overtly distracting for me to rule them out.