Dodgers to increase netting after one other fan hit
The Los Angeles Dodgers plan to increase the netting at Dodger Stadium, possible this season, after one other fan was hit by a foul ball Sunday.
“We’ve been speaking for a while with completely different suppliers and taking a look at completely different choices,” group CEO and president Stan Kasten mentioned Monday, in keeping with The Orange County Register. “Certainly we can be increasing netting. I do not know but the ultimate configuration. Clearly there are some completely different selections to be made and completely different merchandise which every include their very own set of challenges.”
Kasten mentioned he wasn’t positive when the change would occur, however that “I feel it is possible” it will get finished earlier than the tip of the season.
A younger lady was taken to a hospital Sunday for precautionary assessments after being struck within the head by a foul ball from Dodgers star Cody Bellinger throughout the first inning of a recreation towards the Colorado Rockies.
The fan was sitting 4 rows from the sector alongside the first-base line, simply past protecting netting that extends to the tip of the visiting dugout. She was hit by a pointy line drive by Bellinger, who checked on her between innings. She at first stayed in her seat and was given an ice pack, however she left about 15 minutes later for additional consideration.
A primary-aid employee who handled the fan mentioned she was taken to the hospital for precautionary assessments however that she was alert and answering questions. The title of the fan was not launched.
A lady died final August after being struck within the head by a foul ball at Dodger Stadium. A 14-year-old additionally died days after a ball struck him at Dodger Stadium in 1970.
All 30 main league stadiums expanded protecting netting to not less than the far ends of the dugouts at the beginning of the 2018 season after a number of followers had been injured by foul balls two years in the past.
Fan security has acquired additional scrutiny after a younger lady was struck by a foul ball in Houston throughout a recreation on Might 29. The Chicago White Sox and Washington Nationals not too long ago introduced that they’ll lengthen their netting to the foul poles.
The Related Press contributed to this report.