WHY DO BASEBALL PLAYERS WEAR EYE BLACK?

ARLINGTON, Texas, June 22 -- The University of Texas at Arlington issued the following news release:

Why do baseball players put a black mark under their eyes? (Adobe Stock)

By: Adam Annaccone, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at Arlington, for The Conversation

Bottom of the ninth. Two outs. Bases loaded. The winning run is standing on third base. The pitcher winds up and throws. The batter swings and sends a high fly ball into the air. The center fielder races back, looks up at the sky and then says the sentence no baseball fan wants to hear: "I lost it in the sun."

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