We don' t need no stinkin nets

[Duman]

This pic is the best example of why MLB & MILB need to extend nets. 

[HudsonHawk]

Of course, as indicated in the comments, it's also the best example of why people who sit near the front row of a baseball game need to actually watch the game. 

[JimR]

Of course, as indicated in the comments, it's also the best example of why people who sit near the front row of a baseball game need to actually watch the game.

exactly. playing with his phone.

[Fredia]

there is no crying in baseball ..so no need for nets..geeze...talk about pussyfooting

[BudGirl]

there is no crying in baseball ..so no need for nets..geeze...talk about pussyfooting

I respectfully disagree.  I like the comfort of the nets.  I watch the games but I also know I can't catch a ball.

[pots]

I respectfully disagree.  I like the comfort of the nets.  I watch the games but I also know I can't catch a ball.

You put up the front net and not the one above you.  That way you can catch the ones that won't catch you.

[Duman]

Notice it took the hat off the guy next to him with the camera.  I expect he was paying attention to the game and still just about took a bat to the noggin.

I sit behind nets at Gville games.  I like to sit behind the plate so I can see the movement of pitches.  I don't even notice the nets anymore until they catch a foul ball.   I have seen too many folks hit by balls in the stands.  Line drives come to quick even if you are paying attention. 

[HudsonHawk]

I don't have a problem with putting up more netting, if it makes fans safer.  I just don't think a picture of someone not paying attention is somehow all the evidence we need. 

[pots]

I was at a AAA game before the days of the cell phone.  Had front row seats right at the third base bag.  Foul ball screamer went into the stands about half way between me and the net behind home plate.  Caught the last person in the bottom section(about 15 rows).  Couldn't turn my head fast enough to see it hit him, but it bounced off his skull most of the way back to the field.  I only know who it hit because blood started pouring down either side of his nose as his head fell forward into his hands.   Had to catch him right between the eyes. 

[jbm]

Yeah, it's nuts that the nets don't extend farther.  Like Duman said, when you sit behind them, you get used to them. 

[Bench]

Yeah, it's nuts that the nets don't extend farther.  Like Duman said, when you sit behind them, you get used to them.

There's really no good reason it not to have more netting.   

[Mr. Happy]

The netting never bothers me. Bench is right. Netting makes the game safer.

[bubba]

I was at a AA game and the last out was a left handed batter. He lost the bat and it landed inches from me. I was happy to have the bat ,but it was definitely scary.

[Reuben]

Got our mini-plan for Bulls games the other day. They're extending their netting to the ends of both dugouts. Now that we have a baby to worry about, we knew we wanted to pick seats that are protected.

[Duman]

Kid was texting his mom a picture from his first pro game
http://triblive.com/mobile/10100857-96/bat-ortiz-pirates



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[das]

Kid was texting his mom a picture from his first pro game
http://triblive.com/mobile/10100857-96/bat-ortiz-pirates

And the dad, a former ballplayer, did not instruct his kid on the right and wrong times to do so.

[Fredia]

i know there is a danger but i am guessing inattentiveness to the games adds to it in a big way.

[Ron Brand]

I used to think I could duck or catch it or protect myself until I saw a couple of screamers come in our direction and skip off of one of the railing poles. You can't predict how that carom will go, much less react when it's three feet in front of you.

[BlownRanger]

Safety issues aside, it's still disturbing to watch a game and realize most of the folks sitting behind home plate are only marginally interested in the game.

[Mr. Happy]

Safety issues aside, it's still disturbing to watch a game and realize most of the folks sitting behind home plate are only marginally interested in the game.

Truth. How about up in the suites? Even less interest.

[HudsonHawk]

Truth. How about up in the suites? Even less interest.

Sometimes I question whether or not a certain someone in the broadcast booth is actually watching the game. 

[Mr. Happy]

Sometimes I question whether or not a certain someone in the broadcast booth is actually watching the game.

Thankfully, Ford and Sparks do watch the games and report on them.

[HudsonHawk]

Thankfully, Ford and Sparks do watch the games and report on them.

I've come to really like Ford.  I could take or leave Sparks.  He's OK.

[Duman]

I've come to really like Ford.  I could take or leave Sparks.  He's OK.

seconded

[BudGirl]

Thankfully, Ford and Sparks do watch the games and report on them.

unfortunately, they aren't doing the tv games.  I hate ashby, he's the only reason the void is a good thing.

[Mr. Happy]

I've come to really like Ford.  I could take or leave Sparks.  He's OK.

I like Sparks, who's grown into the role in my opinion. He offers some good inside baseball analysis from time to time that make him valuable to the team.

[jbm]

I like Sparks also. He is knowledgeable and intelligent. Agree with BG about Ashby. He's the only negative associated with the club, IMO.

[Reuben]

I like Sparks also. He is knowledgeable and intelligent. Agree with BG about Ashby. He's the only negative associated with the club, IMO.

That's all pretty much how I feel.

[Nate Colbert]

An upsetting and gruesome series of tweets from a reporter at a Montgomery Biscuits minor league game tonight:

Melanie Newman ‏@MelanieLynneN  3 hours ago
A small girl just took a heated foul ball to the face, is being carried out immediately. The case for extended nets continues.

Melanie Newman ‏@MelanieLynneN  3 hours ago
Ushers are still cleaning blood off two rows of seats. Really hurting for the family and their little girl right now...

Melanie Newman ‏@MelanieLynneN  2 hours ago
Update on the little girl: ushers were in the stands to clean... but also searching for one of her eyes

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

An upsetting and gruesome series of tweets from a reporter at a Montgomery Biscuits minor league game tonight:

Melanie Newman ‏@MelanieLynneN  3 hours ago
A small girl just took a heated foul ball to the face, is being carried out immediately. The case for extended nets continues.

Melanie Newman ‏@MelanieLynneN  3 hours ago
Ushers are still cleaning blood off two rows of seats. Really hurting for the family and their little girl right now...

Melanie Newman ‏@MelanieLynneN  2 hours ago
Update on the little girl: ushers were in the stands to clean... but also searching for one of her eyes

That's awful. Hope she recovers.

[Nate Colbert]

That's awful. Hope she recovers.

Those tweets by that reporter (which were picked up by other reporters) have apparently now been deleted. Tyler Maun, who writes for milb.com, was one of those other reporters who were re-tweeting this last night is now saying a person was injured at the game but it wasn't a child.

[Waldo]

After watching an infant nearly get obliterated by a screamer at the Dell Diamond (if not for a kid one row up with a glove who caught the ball three inches from the baby's head) I am never going to sit with my kids outside the net.  Behind the net, outfield, or upper deck for us.

[jaklewein]

After watching an infant nearly get obliterated by a screamer at the Dell Diamond (if not for a kid one row up with a glove who caught the ball three inches from the baby's head) I am never going to sit with my kids outside the net.  Behind the net, outfield, or upper deck for us.

This is the same protocol I've been following.

[Duman]

Those tweets by that reporter (which were picked up by other reporters) have apparently now been deleted. Tyler Maun, who writes for milb.com, was one of those other reporters who were re-tweeting this last night is now saying a person was injured at the game but it wasn't a child.

Story from AL.Com

an errant line drive went into the stands above the home-team dugout near third base, hitting a fan in the head. Newman initially described the victim as a child; after being contacted by a relative, she said the person hit was a young adult...

Little information was immediately available about the victim or the scope of her injuries. However, a fundraising drive opened Monday morning identifies her as Megan Floyd of Montgomery. Jason Bodiford of Wetumpka, who describes himself as Floyd's uncle, says on the www.gofundme.com page that she is "is having multiple surgeries due to being hit in her eye by a line drive foul ball" and "is in great spirits and still loves the game." The drive has a goal of $10,000.

[Duman]

Fan hit by foul ball at Biscuits game last month, has lost her eye.  It was ruptured by the foul ball and they were not able to save it.

[Waldo]

From the article:

So, now her focus is on moving forward.

I see what they did there.

and:

The Montgomery Biscuits did not want to comment on this story. Floyd and her family said they have not heard from the organization.

That's not a good look.

[Nate Colbert]

Brian McTaggart ‏@brianmctaggart  13 minutes ago
Astros president Reid Ryan said the team will expand netting to the end of the dugouts at Minute Maid Park this year.