Re: New York Yankees
The thing is I actually agree that all teams should extend the netting, but in classic troll fashion Ricky comes in with factual inaccuracies about the MLB's request to extend the netting and creating the inference that the Yankees defied an MLB order or something to that effect, when the reality is made clear Ascf's response post.
I brought up the Sox merely to demonstrate that they only extended it after three of their fans literally were almost killed in the stands, so it's not like they voluntarily were ahead of the curve. Same can be said for many other teams. Sadly many teams have not extended the netting. Very unfortunate that this child was hit with a foul ball and I hope the Yankees take corrective action soon (probably in the offseason if I had to guess). In fact it was reported this past August that the Yankees were working with architects and engineers to figure out how to best add the protective netting from dugout to dugout. Very sad they couldn't have figured it out sooner. Luckily all reports I've found this morning indicate the girl is doing okay.
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