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Do athletes wear those blck smuges under thier eyes for a practicle reason or just to look silly?

Posted - November 5, 2016

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  • 19942
    It's used to prevent glare.
      November 5, 2016 5:14 PM MDT
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  • they are motley crue fans 
      November 5, 2016 5:18 PM MDT
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    7271
    They do it for the same reason the Egyptians used to wear heavy eye liner, to reduce the glare of the sun. 
      November 5, 2016 5:24 PM MDT
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  • 152
    I used it when I played baseball and softball back in the day. Burning a cork was just as good as the store bought "eye black." I wore it because I thought it was cool, IMHO it didn't help glare that much. There is very little defense an outfielder has for a ball directly in the sun, creating a good angle beats eye black by miles. 
      November 5, 2016 5:41 PM MDT
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  • 5354
    You get sweaty jumping around like that. and with the sun shining the sunlight can get reflected into your eyes, blinding you.
      November 5, 2016 7:19 PM MDT
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  • 2465
    They do that when they're hung over from the night before.  That way when they're on the sidelines and they want to take a little quickie nap, nobody can tell they have their eyes closed.
      November 5, 2016 9:21 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Because they cannot wear sunglasses on the field, silly.
      November 5, 2016 11:38 PM MDT
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