Major League Baseball has announced that every team will be extending the netting behind home plate to the furthest ends of both dugouts by the first game of the 2018 season.
MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. said, “Providing baseball fans with a variety of seating options when they come to the ballpark, including seats behind protective netting, is important.”
The extended netting is to protect fans from injuries which has haunted Major League Baseball for years.
Last year, three fans were injured at Yankee Stadium alone. A piece of a shattered bat made its way into the stands and hit a young boy in the head.