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Chicago White Sox to become first MLB team to extend protective netting to the foul poles
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Fine with me. Can't wait to see idiots complain about not being able to get a worthless foul ball.
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Well that was fast. Why is it lame?
The players want it and it would prevent people like that 4-year-old girl from getting struck and possibly killed.
This will affect the way the game is played with less foul balls being able to be caught. But if it saves even one life then it's entirely worth it.
I will complain. To the dugouts is pretty much as far as I think it should go. Getting a foul ball as a kid was a great experience .
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There will still be foul balls, just not ones coming off the bat at 115 MPH directly at your face.
It's baseball. Folks fight change until the death. That's why my league has yet to adopt the DH even though it gives AL teams a huge advantage locking up power hitters to long-term deals.
Good. Foul balls are cool, but not worth injury. I can't wait until someone comes in here and talks about how you should always watch a game at all times no matter what and that you should always be able to catch the ball (no matter if you're very young, old, or not able to catch a ball).
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I mean technically speaking you could still get beamed by a pop foul ball coming straight down and still super fast.
You aren't catching the kind of foul ball this is trying to stop.
Yeah, the pop up foul balls are at least safer to catch and avoid but those screamers off the bat are fucking scary. My town has a semi-pro team that I go watch regularly and even the foul balls they hit come at you like rockets.
They are worthless and the way people climb over chairs and fight with each other over them is juvenile.
You're gonna cut the foul balls that actually reach fans by like 75+% with netting like this. It's definitely worth the trade-off, but let's not pretend otherwise.
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You have much more time to react to one of those than a laser beam into the stands.
You're not catching a 100+ mile per hour line drive with no baseball glove and a beer in one hand.
I hope they don't go toooo high up, foul balls are a part of the game, but screaming line drives should be blocked. So a happy middle ground should be OK, I hope.
Also, if you are at a baseball game, pay attention. Be this guy (or any of these people), and not the kid on the phone about to be plastered by a bat because you JUST HAD TO attack in Boom Beach (or whatever he was doing other than watching the game).
Also, if you are at a baseball game, pay attention. Be this guy (or any of these people), and not the kid on the phone about to be plastered by a bat because you JUST HAD TO attack in Boom Beach (or whatever he was doing other than watching the game).
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I hope they don't go toooo high up, foul balls are a part of the game, but screaming line drives should be blocked. So a happy middle ground should be OK, I hope.
Also, if you are at a baseball game, pay attention. Be this guy (or any of these people), and not the dopey kid on the phone about to be plastered by a bat because you JUST HAD TO attack in Boom Beach (or whatever he was doing other than watching the game).
This is dumb. Nobody is paying attention 100% of the time. Even if you were, you can't stop fastballs screaming into the stands.
Again, the players want this.
It's good in theory. Not sue it will work in every ballpark with the way the dimensions are different. Would this somehow change the rules if a flyball hits the nets but falls back in play.(in the area past the ball girls but before the warning track)
No, hitting the net would be ruled a foul ball just like it already is with the netting behind home plate.
So? Why does it have to have a monetary value attached to it? Sentimental value is important to some people. People can take it too far but for kids it is a memorable thing. I can still remember the job I felt getting a foul ball in a Triple A game. Foul balls are an important part of baseball and they lead to sometimes great plays and moments. Think about all the times a foul ball has produced an awesome play. You want them alll gone? Should the net be extended to the outfield as well as a homerun ball can potentially hurt someone?
My man! *Handshake*
NL rules has always been the more interesting version of the game.
The only thing ever good about pitchers batting is Bartolo Colon hitting a home run.
AL ball results in fewer double switches and a bit less strategy but I can't really take anyone seriously that wants to see a pitcher bat two or three times in a game.
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You know what else is memorable for a kid? Getting hit in the face with a baseball.
Going to the game is the memory. 99.9% of the people at the stadium aren't leaving with a foul ball.
I said, clear as day, in the post you replied to that some netting, "TO STOP SCREAMING LINE DRIVES" , should be used, but I dont think they should go to the roof, so that pop ups and fall into the stands.
So, this bat would be blocked. A frozen rope into the stands at field level is blocked. But a lazy oppo-field pop foul, falls into the stands.
If that is still 'dumb', then I suppose home run balls need to be blocked too?
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I was referring to victim blaming fans momentarily not paying attention for getting injured by objects flying into the stands as dumb.
HR balls have plenty of time to be seen, and they actually do have value.
The only thing ever good about pitchers batting is Bartolo Colon hitting a home run.
AL ball results in fewer double switches and a bit less strategy but I can't really take anyone seriously that wants to see a pitcher bat two or three times in a game.
Pitchers going yard is hype
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Kids that don't catch foul balls at games just wander home in a stupor with no memory of the past 3 hours.
It's hard to say because honestly a line drive into the outfield is still coming in pretty spicy
From what I can tell, this is something many MANY players have requested for some time now, specifically because they don't want to fucking kill anybody with a line-drive foul ball (which while rare, DOES happen). Frankly, I can't blame em, even without the threat of legal action, I wouldn't want something like that on my conscience.
It's not as if foul balls will never be caught at a baseball game again, but this does dramatically lessen the probability of people being injured. The game will survive.
It's not as if foul balls will never be caught at a baseball game again, but this does dramatically lessen the probability of people being injured. The game will survive.