| Baseball, the greatest pastime of America. | | | | there. A baseball that has been pitched or |
| It's such a part of many Americans' lives: | | | | batted can travel at very fast speeds, and |
| little children pitch and bat in the Little | | | | the injuries they can cause have the |
| League while their parents proudly look on. | | | | potential to be very serious indeed. For this |
| The same intensity can be felt by baseball | | | | reason, it is recommended that baseball |
| players in the Big Leagues. They feel | | | | players choose sports sunglasses with |
| pressure not only from public scrutiny, but | | | | polycarbonate lenses, which are able to |
| also from making sure that they take every | | | | withstand the impact of a baseball and are |
| step possible to avoid injury or sickness, | | | | virtually shatterproof. Having a lightweight |
| because time away from the field means less | | | | but durable frame is just as important. |
| money and more chances of being replaced by | | | | Polycarbon frames are likewise resistant to |
| someone younger and stronger. Baseball | | | | breaking and are suitable for baseball |
| sunglasses are part of a player's arsenal of | | | | players. Some baseball sunglasses have a |
| protective bodywear and accessories for | | | | shield design where the entire front of the |
| staying in the game. | | | | frame is a polycarbon lens while the temples |
| | | | are another material. What's good about this |
| Many baseball games are played at night, but | | | | type of design is that the lens can be |
| about just as many are played outdoors in | | | | changed to suit the daylight condition of a |
| broad daylight, too. This is when baseball | | | | particular game. |
| sunglasses are indispensable. Without such | | | | |
| sports sunglasses, trying to catch a ball - | | | | Players who need prescription sports |
| especially one that is hit up high - is very | | | | sunglasses or goggles need not worry. Many |
| difficult indeed. Staring straight up into | | | | brands now offer customized eyewear to fit |
| the sun while trying to ascertain the ball's | | | | any prescription. There are even models where |
| location and speed of descent can strain the | | | | the user can change the lenses to fit |
| eyes and increase the chance that the ball | | | | lighting conditions while maintaining lens |
| will be missed. It is partly for this reason | | | | prescription. Rudy Project is one such brand |
| that baseball players wear sunglasses - to | | | | that offers prescription sunglasses. |
| enhance their playing performance. Many | | | | |
| baseball sunglasses come with lenses that are | | | | There are many other baseball sunglasses |
| optimized to eliminate glare and enhance | | | | brands in the marketplace, the vast majority |
| vision, especially on sunny days. Baseball | | | | of which offer the high quality and stylistic |
| players prefer wearing so-called amber | | | | design that athletes want and need. Some |
| sunglasses on such days, even though the | | | | brands use their own proprietary technology |
| lenses aren't really amber. More often than | | | | in their sports sunglasses. For instance, |
| not, they are either brown or gray. | | | | Oakley incorporates its Polaric Ellipsoid |
| | | | technology in its lenses to ensure purity of |
| There are also baseball sunglasses that are | | | | vision, one that is not hampered by |
| suitable for games played at night, but the | | | | distortions. Akadema is another popular brand |
| tint of the lenses need to be considered very | | | | whose shades offer 100% ultraviolet radiation |
| carefully. It is best to use clear lenses | | | | protection and shatter-proof frames and |
| that have an anti-reflective coating to | | | | lenses. Kaenon, Nike, Bolle - these and many |
| offset or absorb the glare of bright stadium | | | | more grace the faces of baseball players and |
| lights. Baseball players sometimes use | | | | other athletes, both in the professional and |
| sunglasses with yellow lenses for indoor | | | | non-professional leagues. |
| games, but experts warn that such colored | | | | |
| lenses can compromise visual discernment and | | | | Baseball sunglasses are part of the whole |
| can affect reaction times. | | | | package that contributes to how a pitcher |
| | | | pitches, a batter bats, or a catcher catches. |
| Another aspect of the importance of sports | | | | They can enhance playing performance and play |
| eyewear is their ability to shield players | | | | a major role in protecting players from eye |
| from serious injury. In fact, figures from | | | | injuries caused by either sunlight or an |
| the National Society to Prevent Blindness | | | | errant ball. On top of all that, they can |
| show that thousands of injuries were caused | | | | make a player look cool, too! This proves |
| directly or indirectly by playing baseball. | | | | that baseball sunglasses are not only useful |
| Many of the injuries were inflicted on | | | | and functional, but that they are attractive |
| players' eyes when the ball would hit them | | | | pieces of sports eyewear as well. |