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April 23, 2007
No unfair advantage. Amber lenses and eye-strengthening machines are available to all who wish to use them. I'm not sure they're the sole arbitor in some of those players' success. And Gibbons has certainly not had his success repeated too much.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:08 AM on April 24, 2007
Then there's the Rigoberto Betancourt method. The former coach of Cuba's national team taught pitchers to focus more sharply by having them throw while blindfolded. "You're not being the ball, Danny." Great article, lilnemo. Very thorough. I have to say, best of luck to that one-eyed pitcher who has trained his left eye to compensate for the loss in his right. He's a braver man than I would be in that situation. It's hard with perfect vision to remain unscathed from shots up the box.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 01:05 PM on April 24, 2007
It's hard...to remain unscathed from shots up the box. Have you been reading Jenna Jameson's autobiography again?
posted by The_Black_Hand at 04:02 PM on April 24, 2007
If I remember correctly, Jim Rice's declining batting skills were finally attributed to deteriorating eyesight. Unfortunately, it was after he had retired that it was diagnosed. Laser surgery did not exist, or at least was in the early experimental stages, at that time, so there would have been no help for Rice other than glasses or contacts.
posted by Howard_T at 05:14 PM on April 24, 2007
Great article linemo. Geekyguy beat me to the punch, but I'm sure that eye enhancement technology will soon have to be regulated in order to insure fair competition.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 05:21 PM on April 24, 2007
How timely -- I go in for an annual eye checkup tomorrow morning. Amber-tinted lenses, here I come! Fascinating stuff.
posted by evixir at 08:10 AM on April 26, 2007
Nike MaxSight. This sort of technology seems like it may give an unfair advantage. If not at the professional level where everyone invloved can afford it but certainly at the younger levels. I wonder what kind of league regulations we'll see in the months and years to come.