"The bright colors on A.J. Pierzynski's left fingertips haven't been enough to help the vision of Jake Peavy, who was called for a balk Friday while leaning in to see the signals. Peavy said he wears contact lenses but is afflicted with astigmatism," reports the
Chicago Tribune. "'We have made progress, but my vision is only 20/40,' Peavy said. 'They
made me special contacts with something like bifocals in the contacts.
But at night, when it gets dark, I've had problems.' Peavy said
he started to experience vision problems after the fifth inning and was
called for a balk in the seventh that led to an insurance run. Peavy added that sometimes two fingers may be signaled differently and
will indicate different pitches, but that he has crossed up the catcher
on occasion because he saw only one of the fingers."
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