Subscribe Now “Certainly in football and baseball ... of the earliest recorded instances of eye black usage was when Yankee great Babe Ruth used grease that contained beeswax, paraffin, and ...

The real reason everyone loves to wear eye black is that it looks totally cool, like modern war paint (although the stickers don't look nearly as primal as the grease). Or at least that's how it ...

This makes it easier to track the ball in midair. Eye black is also common in baseball and lacrosse. In fact, one of the first people to wear it was Babe Ruth. But the big question is : Does it ...