This is why there will be netting around Dudy Noble..

[Xenomorph]

Man, I hope she's ok.

http://nypost.com/2017/09/21/yankees-reduced-to-tears-after-kid-struck-by-foul-ball/

 

[hatfieldms]

I saw a report this morning where the family said she is doing fine.

 

[00Dawg]

I tend towards saying that's why...

you have an adult sitting closest to the plate and paying attention the whole time there's a batter in the box. I don't know if the rise in reports of this type of incident is an indicator of increased video coverage or a reflection of modern society's many distractions and lack of situational awareness, but I suspect it's the latter.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

That's harder to do when the stands angle inward and there are armrests between seats. You get a better view and a more comfortable seat, but it's harder to get in the way. A baseball moves about 150 ft per second after it's hit. Given where they were sitting, you get one second tops. If you are able to determine where the ball is going to go and get out of your seat and in the way in that amount of time, you should probably be down in the batter's box instead.

 

[Xenomorph]

I've no idea if you have kids or not but the whole premise of that statement is ludicrous.

 

[aTotal360]

Terrible incident. I might sound like an ******* here, but I don't understand why people aren't putting some (not all) blame on the parents. I'm not saying the dad could have entered the matrix and caught the ball. But I do think there is some sort of inherent responsibility when you buy tickets in the areas where there is no netting and hot shots are bound to come that way. IMO, it's no different than standing on the shoulder of a dirt road during a rally car race. There is a chance your day will get ruined. Especially if you don't have the presence of mind and physical ability to avoid it.

I'm 100% for more netting, but I don't think all the blame should fall on the Yankee organization.

 

[Xenomorph]

I don't really blame the Yankees. When parks finally put up netting some fans will crucify them. And as a father, I certainly don't blame the parents. Even though I would live the rest of my life wondering why I wasn't paying attention during that one ptich. I know it's a tough sell but I feel this was a blameless incident...

But still, nobody in charge of a facility wants to see a preventable injury happen.. especially to a child. (And I bet the liability is through the roof on the owner.) So that's why there will be nets around the new Dude.

 

[kendesu]

Wow. That's scary. It drives me crazy at Dudy Noble when I see people, especially with kids, not paying attention to the game.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Nm

 

[512taylor]

Wow. That's scary. It drives me crazy at Dudy Noble when I see people, especially with kids, not paying attention to the game.

Fans not paying attention is a big gripe that I have.

 

[00Dawg]

So you'd be wondering for that long...

but my statement is ludicrous?

For the record, I have kids. When we're at a baseball game sitting down the lines and not behind a net, I'm closest to the batter, and I'm dang sure paying attention the whole time. Will you always have time to make a clean catch on a line drive? No, but you should have time to throw yourself in front of your kids. Maybe I'm just a responsible father or a guy who thinks through these sorts of things, but decades of baseball in America with millions of fans in attendance and fewer of these incidents in earlier periods says it's a cultural change.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

I think distractions definitely play a part (not saying it did in this instance):

 

[Shamoan]

cant speak for others, but i bring my kids to games to TRY to get them interested and in hopes they start to pick up on the fun of going to a park. kids have a tough time getting involved in a slow game like baseball.

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

That thing came in like a cannon ball. Pretty good situational awareness would have resulted in maybe uttering a selected expletive being said before it was there.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

I can share 2 instances( there were more) from Trustmark Park. Very first game in 2005, a lady in section 19 past the first base dugout got smoked by a line drive and was very bloodied and sustained a broken nose. She was enjoying her refreshments when the sphere arrived against her face and nose.

And the other I remember so well was when I and a friend were out in the Grill under an umbrella enjoying America's finest adult beverage when a homer in ball came a calling. I jumped up with the intention of trying to bare hand that missile and actually missed it by about 3 inches as it barely grazed the umbrella next to us and slammed into a lady's cheek, re-arranging her facial outline immediately.

Baseball be very very Hard!

 

[bulldogcountry1]

Wow. That's scary. It drives me crazy at Dudy Noble when I see people, especially with kids, not paying attention to the game.

Agreed. I hate watching games though netting, but I actually pay attention. There are always a lot of kids (and their parents) that aren't paying attention, and it's concerning.

I can't really blame them for putting up more netting. I just hope it has better visibility than the old one.