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