As a part of a growing trend in Major League Baseball to put fan’s safety first, the Colorado Rockies announced that they are extending the protective screen that is currently behind home plate to the end of each dugout.
This is a move that many other teams have adopted due to numerous incidents of fans being injured due to foul balls hit into the stands. In fact, all 30 MLB teams agreed at the beginning of this month that they will extend the netting to end of the dugouts. However, the Rockies announced yesterday that they will start the installation process of the netting in the early days of March.