Dirt in the eyes

[BuggBob]

Thanks for the plug John,

I was doing a tournament game in Pasco, WA. The field, if left unwatered, deteriorates to FINE Volcanic dust (thank you Mount St. Helens). I was on the bases. Batter hits a double slides into 2nd. POOF! Everything -- I mean everything has disappeared in a thick cloud of fine powdery dust. I was less than five feet away from the base, and I can see nothing, no players, no ball, no base. When the dust settles every one looked the same. Gray dusty girls, with a gray dusty man looking for the ball. 2nd base was buried under about four to five inches of dust, the ball was half buried in dust. We were all couching to clear some of the dust from our mouths and lungs. Ten minute delay while they finally put some water on the field.

Bottom line when I took off my goggles, my face was dirty as heck, but the area around my eyes was clean. I have never had any trouble with dust, dirt or mud while wearing the goggles. Just an occasional fog-up in the early spring and late fall games. I wear the blue ones (all Pro APX about $75 from Amazon), because I am blue. I had always been tought to not wear sunglsses on the field, so I don't.



Bugg

[3afan]

Originally Posted by BuggBob

....I had always been tought to not wear sunglsses on the field, so I don't.

eh? sometimes sunglasses are an essential part of the equipment ... there are some days you can't go without them

[argodad]

Originally Posted by BuggBob

... snip ... I had always been tought to not wear sunglsses on the field, so I don't.



Bugg

I wish this old "rule" would die a quick death. Sunglasses help prevent damage to the eyes. Speaking from experience, cataract surgery is no fun. The PGA used to ban sunglasses for pro golfers, but they wised up a few years ago.

I don't know about the rest of you, but in the spring and fall in Florida, you need sunglasses just to be able to see from the C slot on many fields. If they help me see the play better and protect my eyes, I'm ignoring the senior guys who say they aren't professional-looking. Now, at the plate conference, or if a coach comes out to talk, I take them off so we can look eye-to-eye.

[BuggBob]

Before I got my goggles, I would wear photogray lenses in my glasses. I'm not bashing the wearing of sunglasses, I just don't. However I do think that mirrored lenses are a bit too much

Bugg

[argodad]

Originally Posted by BuggBob

Before I got my goggles, I would wear photogray lenses in my glasses. I'm not bashing the wearing of sunglasses, I just don't. However I do think that mirrored lenses are a bit too much

Bugg

No argument there. No mirrored lenses.

[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by argodad

I wish this old "rule" would die a quick death. Sunglasses help prevent damage to the eyes. Speaking from experience, cataract surgery is no fun. The PGA used to ban sunglasses for pro golfers, but they wised up a few years ago.

I don't know about the rest of you, but in the spring and fall in Florida, you need sunglasses just to be able to see from the C slot on many fields. If they help me see the play better and protect my eyes, I'm ignoring the senior guys who say they aren't professional-looking. Now, at the plate conference, or if a coach comes out to talk, I take them off so we can look eye-to-eye.

Agreed! I had LASIK surgery a couple of years ago and I'm much more sensitive to light now. I wear polarized sunglasses on the field and at the plate.

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

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....

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE

The same thing applies to drinking water or whatever during a game- that supposedly was a sign of weakness too!

I have never heard this before. Heck, in Texas, after May, you will see large jugs of ice water on the field with umpires. I even take a small cooler bag that holds about 6 or so Propels and ice packs with me.

Weakness, at least on the mental front, is not keeping yourself hydrated in the summer months, or any other time for that matter.

[bkbjones]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

I have never heard this before. Heck, in Texas, after May, you will see large jugs of ice water on the field with umpires. I even take a small cooler bag that holds about 6 or so Propels and ice packs with me.

Weakness, at least on the mental front, is not keeping yourself hydrated in the summer months, or any other time for that matter.

Scott, I kid you not, back in the olden days in the TX Panhandle there was NFW you would have water on the field.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by bkbjones

Scott, I kid you not, back in the olden days in the TX Panhandle there was NFW you would have water on the field.

How many folks caved from heat exhaustion???

To me, that is just a weird *** concept.