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As a blond blue-eyed ump, sunglasses are almost mandatory for me - and since I wear prescription lenses, what I now do is wear my 'regular' pair during the pregame, and then switch to the shades before first pitch...although I wear them less often behind the plate, than on the bases.
I think its great a lot of the old fashioned 'rules' like this have gone by the wayside, and common sense has been allowed to surface. I never understood why umpires were not allowed to wear sunglasses, when 3/4 of the so-called
'idiots' were wearing them!
The same thing applies to drinking water or whatever during a game- that supposedly was a sign of weakness too! Hell, a couple of times in the middle of July or August, I actually have had in my ballbag one of those 'half pint' bottles of water some companies sell! But, of course, I am gun shy because I actually conked out on the field once....
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