Yes, all of the San Francisco Bay Area is cheering for the rousing 4 game sweep of the World Series by the Giants! My husband and I are big fans and enjoyed the entire Sunday evening broadcast, laughing at the wild scene in the dugout after the game was won. However, my husband did notice one thing — the eyewear that the players were wearing while spraying champagne on each other were genuine Major League baseball goggles!
So that begs the question, did standards play a role in this event? Checking it out this morning, I have to suspect that the goggles were made using the ASTM F803, “Standard Specification for Eye Protectors For Selected Sports.” Protective eyewear made according to this specification offers protection only to the eyes and does not protect other parts of the head. To my untrained eye, it looked like the goggles would meet the requirements of Type I, a protector with the lens or lenses and frame frontpiece molded as one unit. In this case the frame temples or other devices, such as straps, to affix the lens may be separate pieces.
That leaves us with just one other pressing standards question: Did the brooms in the stands being waved in honor of the sweep meet ASTM F2367, “Standard Specification for Labeling for Upright Brooms for Consumer and Institutional Use?”
Hope you had a great weekend and that you’re safe and sound if you’re in the wild weather hitting the East Coast!
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