jakecronus8 wrote:MickeyDavis wrote:Miller Park is extending the netting to the end of the dugouts. I understand why but I don't like it from a viewing standpoint. I guess I'll get used to it but I don't like sitting behind the netting, I always sit a few rows behind one of the dugouts and now that will be behind netting too.
It won't take that long to get to the point where you don't notice it.
This is far overdue. Every time someone gets injured in the crowd it messes with the players and they're the ones who always say it should be extended.
You always here people say that if you're at the ball game you need to be on the lookout but I just don't see that being realistic. Given the adage of smart phones, the slow pace of the game and the high speed these projectiles travel, it would only be a matter of time until someone is killed. A 16 year old girl was killed from a flying puck in a hockey game about a decade ago and MLB doesn't want that on their hands.
Agreed. In a perfect world I wouldn't want to look through netting either but these balls (and occasionally bats) comes SO fast. It is kind of unrealistic, as said, to be on alert every single pitch. And if you have a younger family, you may even be a few seats from them. Or someone older may not have the reaction time.
My neighbor got crushed in the head and taken to ER last summer from a foul ball at a Timber Rattlers game. She said she was paying attention but the ball was hit so hard there was no time to react. I think those games are even worse b/c you're often not tied to the outcome so half paying attention or there to socialize.
