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Members of the Women’s softball team have kept a long held tradition alive. They wear excessive amounts of eye black, partly due to superstition but mainly to keep the tradition alive.

Eye black gives softball good ‘mojo’

Clifton Jones February 26, 2013

Eye black is used in many sports to keep the sunlight out of athletes’ eyes. Athletes routinely apply eye black in unique patterns on their faces for game days. Some athletes are using the eye black...

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