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MVP blames light eyes for dark daytime splits
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08:12 AM ET 06.24 | Josh Hamilton has a theory as to why he hits better at night this season. He has blue eyes. Under the sun, Hamilton's numbers are dim. He is batting .122 (6 for 49) with no home runs, four RBIs and eight walks. He also has 17 strikeouts and a .429 OPS. At night, it's a different story. Hamilton is hitting .374 (41 for 109) with six home runs, 28 RBIs, seven walks and a 1.076 OPS. And he only has 14 strikeouts while playing under the lights. "I ask guys all the time," Hamilton told a radio show. ... "It's just hard for me to see [at the plate] in the daytime," Hamilton said. "It's just what it is. Try to go up [to the plate] squinting and see a white ball while the sun is shining right off the plate, you know, and beaming right up in your face."
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Now there's an excuse I've never heard before.
clemtheslowson
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I have blue eyes and am blind as a bat during the day.
ChiSoxFan
Chicago , IL
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If that's the case, please be sure to let us know when you are driving during the day.
clemtheslowson
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I wear Blue Blockers, so it's all good.
ChiSoxFan
Chicago , IL
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I remember seeing colored contacts a few years ago that were supposedly for this particular problem.
Gary The Sox Fan
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I wear my Sunglasses at night.
G_O_D_LIKE
Indianapolis , IN
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Or it could be the years of injecting drain cleaner in his veins that might have caused the eye issue.
Field Marshall Sunny…
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he's moved on to the foamer
ChiSoxFan
Chicago , IL
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Sounds like BS to me. Check the stats for other blue-eyed guys.
...the best policy
Harrodsburg, KY
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Since you live in that barren wasteland Wyoming, its you who should be checking stats on other blue-eyes guys since you've got nothing else to keep you entertained. We'll expect a full report on this. Stat!
Field Marshall Sunny…
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Chasin' Utleys said the best baseball players have blond hair and blue eyes and preferably over 6' tall.
ChiSoxFan
Chicago , IL
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maybe he just needs to rub some spf 70 in his eyes
ChiSoxFan
Chicago , IL
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Or man up and grow a set.
Field Marshall Sunny…
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Thanks Dr. Oz.
Next time you decide to polish off that K Mart medical license and pontificate, do us all a favor and swallow a box of razor blades.
Now back to our regularly scheduled program already in progress.
Field Marshall Sunny…
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That's probably better than my suggestion of wearing an eye patch.
ChiSoxFan
Chicago , IL
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I do remember hearing a study that was done years ago that people with light colored eyes are more sensitive to sunlight. Believe it or not. Sounds like a big excuse bit how can it be when he practically tears the hide off the ball at night games? Maybe he can go to the plate in day games either wearing polarized sunglasses like pro golfers do?
Yogi-Zen
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or he can go play golf like golfers do.
Field Marshall Sunny…
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Yes...another option.
Yogi-Zen
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