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I had this exact situation come up recently. A pitcher had the sun in his eyes so put on some sunglasses and the other team's coach complained that it was not allowed.
The rule states that the pitcher cannot wear any metal or jewelry. Its intent is to make sure that he does not have anything flashing on him so as to distract the batter.
In this case, they were dark plastic sunglasses so I allowed them. However, had he come out with metal framed sunglasses or sunglasses with reflective lenses I would have disallowed them.
It boils down to how you define the term "jewelry".
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