Ok Billy, can you see the BIG E on the top line?

[Hammer]

Check out this new article on Brewers.com. I would love to hear why in the hell a man that plays professional baseball (outfield at that last year) without being able to see properly. C'mon Billy, get with the program. At least the medical staff made him correct this MORONIC behavior...

 

http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080409&content_id=2507011&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil

[wisconsinfan47]

To be fair, sometimes you just don't know that you can't see well until it's brought to your attention.

 

Good for him to get that fixed.

[craigharmann]

Just get the whole team LASIK. Come on, it works for Kendall....why not everyone else?

[RightFieldCoder]

I didn't know I needed glasses. I got them last August. I hit 70 points better in Fall league than in Spring and my defense improved. It's amazing how good the world looks when you first wear glasses.

[tristarscoop]

I guess I don't understand being lax on this for a professional athlete. I mean, they take care of literally every other part of their body with as much attention to detail as possible. I'm not sure why eyesight is any different.

[1992casey]

The odd thing is that Billy was wearing contact lenses and stopped... and that he hit 35 homers without them.

[secondsith]

Maybe he'll have a "Ricky Vaughn" like resurgence now that he can see.

[Tbadder]

It can go the other way though. I was pretty consistent .500 to .550 softball hitter until I got glasses. My fielding regressed, I lost my power, dropped 150 points, the manager told me he'd cut me if I didn't take them off. Can you imagine the humiliation of being cut by an over 50, glorified pick up, any excuse for a beer, team?

[twobrewers]

Billy is also leading the league in strikeouts.

 

So they can't make too much of a difference.

[splitterpfj]

This happens more than you think, this is what ran Kevin Seitzer out of KC (and into Milwaukee) back in the day, LeRoy Butler also went through this in Green Bay.

[BuckyTuba]

Anyone else notice who the starting pitcher for Friday is???? Nelson Figueroa!

[1992casey]

I was pretty consistent .500 to .550 softball hitter until I got glasses.

Glasses can distort in ways contacts likely won't. They'll definitely improve the overall "picture," but they may suck a bit when it comes to picking up detail.

[splitterpfj]

Hall has so much natural power, when he really drives the ball, his swing looks almost effortless. I'm glad he's seeing better, I'm glad he's back in the infield - I'm just glad he's back, period.

 

A solid year out of Hall makes this team an absolute monster offensively.

[jaybird2001wi]

I am not sure what player this was, but I remember a feature on a San Diego Padre player undergoing "vision therapy" leading to him increasing his numbers the following season. It became a trend on the team causing Trevor Hoffman to join in the "vision therapy" program.

[Pointer1VB]

That was actually Greg Vaughn undergoing vision therapy.

[mothershipconnection]

You have millions of dollars on the line relying on hand-eye coordination, and don't have complete vision tests done at least once a year? That's just ridiculous.