After Numerous Foul Ball Fan Injuries, Baseball Reconsiders Protective Netting
In 2018, all 30 MLB teams extended their netting over stadium dugouts. The protective measure has not done enough to safeguard fans from dangerous foul ball injuries.
Chicago Cubs center fielder Albert Almora Jr. dropped to one knee during the fourth inning last May, hands over his face in horror. He had just watched a foul ball fly off his bat and strike a 2-year-old girl in the head, fracturing her skull.
The incident, every baseball hitter's nightmare, was not a one-off. Last month, a fan was hit during a Chicago White Sox game and another during a Los Angeles game
