MLB recommends netting between dugouts

[ABC]

 Major League Baseball has recommended teams have protective netting between the dugouts for any field-level seats within 70 feet of home plate.

 

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14328093/mlb-recommends-netting-dugouts-help-fan-safety

 

[laagamer]

If you want protection, go to a hockey game or a cage fight.

[ABC]

Jeff Passan â€@JeffPassan  51m51 minutes ago

Dodgers, Phillies already among the teams that have announced they will extend netting in 2016. Expect the rest to follow in coming months.

[nando714]

Get off your phone and pay attention to the game

[martinpa25]

Get off your phone and pay attention to the game

This. And stop bringing stupid beach balls, it's a baseball stadium not the beach. And stop the retarded wave and the stupid light wave..

[ABC]

Get off your phone and pay attention to the game

 

If fans pay attention they have nothing to worry about?

[Blarg]

This. And stop bringing stupid beach balls, it's a baseball stadium not the beach. And stop the retarded wave and the stupid light wave..

It's a stadium not a library.

[ABC]

This. And stop bringing stupid beach balls, it's a baseball stadium not the beach. And stop the retarded wave and the stupid light wave..

 

You should write a rule book for fans. Include a quick reference do's and dont's. Thanks.

[martinpa25]

Maybe I will, you're welcome

[ABC]

only maybe?

[nate]

Plus if the Angels offense is as shitty as it was last season who would want to watch that crap anyway.

[ABC]

Paying attention probably reduces the risk of serious injury but doesn't eliminate it in the slightest. 

 

So fans don't have cat-like reflexes and the ability to judge a smoking line-drive or flying bat coming their way?

[Stradling]

We had a thread about this awhile back. I agree with vladdy, whether you're paying attention or not you can be seriously injured or killed.

My seats aren't quite good enough to get murdered by a foul ball, I'm in the 200 section, but I've seen a few cases of fans being helped by the paramedics. The ball is just traveling too fast for the average person to react to. Even if a fan is fast enough and moves it could hit the person next to them that was obstructed by the person who just moved.

My suggestion would be to simply create a more transparent net, so it obstructs the view less, yet still protects.

[Guest]

[ScottT]

I like sitting near the dugout and having an unobstructed view of the field.    

 

It's not dangerous. This is an overreaction to a few incidents that are shown on tv and online repeatedly.

 

I'm sure more people get injured walking up or down stairs in stadiums. 

[Ohtaniland]

We had a thread about this awhile back. I agree with vladdy, whether you're paying attention or not you can be seriously injured or killed.

My seats aren't quite good enough to get murdered by a foul ball, I'm in the 200 section, but I've seen a few cases of fans being helped by the paramedics. The ball is just traveling too fast for the average person to react to. Even if a fan is fast enough and moves it could hit the person next to them that was obstructed by the person who just moved.

My suggestion would be to simply create a more transparent net, so it obstructs the view less, yet still protects.

I agree with Stradling........no really I do.

[ABC]

I like sitting near the dugout and having an unobstructed view of the field.    

 

It's not dangerous. This is an overreaction to a few incidents that are shown on tv and online repeatedly.

 

I'm sure more people get injured walking up or down stairs in stadiums. 

 

How many is a few?

[UndertheHalo]

its a huge liability for baseball and the clubs.  Its kind of amazing that it hasn't happened already.  Its been close to 10 years or more now, but a little girl at a hockey game was struck by a puck that left the ice in either columbus or atlanta.  She ended up passing away later in the day.  The NHL had nets up in every single arena immediately.  Really, its remarkable that no one has been killed.  Those baseballs are going just as fast if not faster then that puck was and its on a line drive.  The pucks were traveling upwards.  It is dangerous, even acknowledging that the incidents are rare.

Edited December 10, 2015 by UndertheHalo

[Tank]

Some of those line drives into the seats could easily be deadly. This is a good move (and it's the right thing to do).

[zenmaster]

Shouldn't we be more worried about netting below the upper levels? Seems people die every year falling over railings.

[Tank]

Shouldn't we be more worried about netting below the upper levels? Seems people die every year falling over railings.

Something else that needs fixing. Good call. Is it possible to have safety netting extend straight out towards the field, like something they have on aircraft carriers?

[ScottT]

I'm more afraid of getting trampled near an escalator because some people are too stupid to not continue walking after they get off.... than I am of getting killed by a foul ball.

 

Bump this post if I am killed by a foul ball.  

[Jobu]

I'm more afraid of getting trampled near an escalator because some people are too stupid to not continue walking after they get off.... than I am of getting killed by a foul ball.

Bump this post if I am killed by a foul ball.

How would we know? There are like 87 Scott's on this message board.

[Troll Daddy]

This. And stop bringing stupid beach balls, it's a baseball stadium not the beach. And stop the retarded wave and the stupid light wave..

I'm not a fan of any of the things ... but the kids love it and that's what matters. Baseball is a family event.

[ELEVEN]

Just extend it from the home plate side of each dugout.

Part of the experience in those seats behind the dugouts are players rolling or tossing balls to kids, and that would be taken away with longer nets.

Watch your kids when you're down there, and sit on the side that shields them from the batter.

Bats are the bigger danger, IMO.

They take more unpredictable paths into the crowd.

I used to sit closer to the action when I was younger, but my reflexes aren't what they used to be.

Get OFF your damn phones and watch the game.