Would you ignore Local Rule?

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Originally Posted by Mountaincoach

To the OP, did the league officials happen to tell you WHY they have such a strange rule? Did some kid put pine tar or a fingernail file inside his sunglasses once upon a time? LOL

I didn't even see the written rule but both teams did confirm that it was a local rule. So no official word as to why the local rule was there but the coaches both said that it was so everyone could see the batter's/pitcher's eyes.

We all agreed that the breaking glasses from getting hit wasn't a good reason because then all players with prescription glasses would also have to remove them but that wasn't the case.

Because I wasn't given the local rules to see myself and the rule didn't make any sense, I allowed the pitcher to wear the glasses......I guess I would have be in the wrong according to the majority of the posters here.

I've emailed the local association to see if I can get a further explanation.