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Dodger Stadium To Extend Protective Netting

Dodger Stadium is joining the list of clubs set to extend their protective netting from behind home plate to the far end of each dugout. The netting will be to protect fans from foul balls, broken bats, and when a bat slips out of the batter’s hands.

Extending the netting was just an idea not long ago, but talks of it quickly accelerated this past September. On September 20th a young fan at Yankee Stadium was seriously injured when she was hit by a line drive. A handful of teams immediately announced that they would extend the netting to protect from things like this. Once the offseason rolled around, many other teams followed suit.

As of Thursday, it was announced that all teams across Major League Baseball will extend the netting to protect their fans. The main focus is to provide fans a safe experience at the ballpark. Commissioner Rob Manfred made a statement on Thursday on the subject. Here’s the quote, courtesy of Joe Trezza of MLB.com:

“Providing baseball fans with a variety of seating options when they come to the ballpark, including seats behind protective netting, is important,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said. “Major League Clubs are constantly evaluating the coverage and design of their ballpark netting, and I am pleased that they are providing fans an increased inventory of protected seats.”

Opening Day is March 29th, so that gives teams just under two months to install their extended netting. The Dodgers will open their season against their rival from up north, the San Francisco Giants. The Boys In Blue will plenty other exciting match-ups in the 2018 season. They’ll play a 4 game set at home against the Cubs in an NLCS rematch starting on June 25th. They also will face the Astros at home in a World Series rematch from August 3rd-5th.

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Hunter Thompson

Born in Pennsylvania but comes from a long line of Dodger fans from their Brooklyn days. Extremely passionate about the Dodgers and baseball in general. News writer and Twittercaster for Dodger games. Follow me on Twitter @Officialism27 for more Dodgers talk!

One Comment

  1. But, but what about those few wealthy fans kids that can no longer get that autograph, now that they will be ‘fenced in’ ?? Poor babies. Yah, the kiddies behind the dugout.

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