Photo: Bryce Harper's eyes are red

Nationals rookie Bryce Harper smeared the eye black all over his face like face paint -- as he used to do before being drafted -- in Game 2. In Game 3 of the Washington-St. Louis NLDS, there's no eye black, but he still has a gimmick somewhere on his face to protect from the dreaded Sun Monster:

Yes Bryce Harper is wearing red contacts. And they are terrifying: twitter.com/MLB/status/256…

— MLB (@MLB) October 10, 2012

Here's a shot of Harper's Game 2 eye black, via Getty Images:

So, which look is better?

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