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As UIC for our Little League I was asked to give a ruling tonight regarding the wearing of sunglasses by infielders. I looked in my trusty rule book and could only find references to jewlery and shiny metallic objects but nothing about sun glasses. The only reference to glasses at al was the recomendation that those wearing prescription glasses have them be of the shatter proof type.
Because I could not find a specific reference to sun glasses and did not wnat to resort to 9.01(c) I allowed the infielder to continue wearing them. Should I have?? I would think that the Little League rules would specifically address this as a safety issue bucause some of these glasses are pretty cheap and I would hate to see what would happen if a bad hop caught the player in the face.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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