Oklahoma Sooners reliever Jason Ruffcorn toed the rubber in an appearance in 2019, peering toward the catcher to take the sign.
However, there was one big problem: Ruffcorn’s contact lenses had shifted on his eyes, preventing him from clearly seeing what pitch was called.
“My catcher was not a fan of me that day, let me tell you that,” Ruffcorn said with a laugh in a phone interview with Phillies Nation earlier this week. “We kind of just had to guess what I was going to throw. We didn’t really talk about it before.
“So, ever since then, I started wearing glasses.