Sad to hear that someone was hurt. I don’t think there needs to be a law.
It’s sad. What is the solution other than having no live fans at games, only tv cameras?
Netting really screws up the view. Don’t bring your toddler to an exposed seat.
Fish was texting 47 years ago?
In which the NY post relies on the Fallacy of the Dramatic Example to prove its ‘case.’
By their logic no plane should ever fly again.
A lot more kids were killed in car accidents, pools, bicycles, abortions, etc. Ban it all.
BTW, Manny Mota was one of my favorite Dodgers at the time. One of the best pinch hitters in baseball.
Yeah, lets put them all behind a massive mesh fence. And maybe make all the fans sit inside plexiglass bubbles.
The rampant fan death rate at baseball games must be dealt with!
Make’s me wonder how Mota ever got over that traumatic experience and carried on with his career.
One death every 47 years.
It would seem that the safest place in the world would be at an MLB Ballpark!
I’m all in favor of protective netting along both bleacher lines in MLB parks. It’s kind of hard to get out of the way of a broken bat even if you’re paying attention. You may be successful but the person next to you or behind you probably won’t........
Out of the hundred million or so that go to games how many get hurt?
50 years ago a kid was killed. There light to be a law!
Jeez people.. It’s baseball. Anyone who goes to a game knows that balls are flying everywhere. Ignore the game at your peril.
weirdly tough night in the forum for america’s pastime.
Pretty sure the MLB extended the netting just this year. I think it appears sufficient now.
Richie Ashburn fouled off a ball in the '50s that hit and injured a woman. After a delay, as they were stretchering her out he hit her again! He visited her in the hospital, invited her to meet the team once she recovered, and they became lifelong penpals.
Always bring a glove if you sit along the baselines. Stay alert, keep your eyes on the game. The chance of a ball even coming close to you is quite small, but it happens to someone.
Who says baseball is boring?
Reminds me of a Rockies game a few years back. I used to play ball and know what can happen and am always alert.
Anyway we were sitting in the ground level right field stands and I heard the crack of the ball against the bat and saw the ball make a slow lazy arc up and towards us. It climbed pretty high and then started to return to ground. Since I had played ball, I could roughly judge where it would land. It was headed for the section to our left where a lady was sitting and not watching the game. She was talking to her friend. Sure enough it hit her squarely on the head and with enough force that it bounced 40 ft in the air. It knocked her out cold. Right on queue, the paramedics arrived within a minute, put her on a stretcher and carried her off with her family following behind.
Always be alert! Pay attention.