All around baseball, teams are making the decision to extend their safety netting to the end of the dugouts in order to better protect fans from foul balls or the occasional slippery bat.
For the Detroit Tigers, this decision was an easy one to make, especially after Tigers fan Carey Mason was hit in the head by a foul ball on August 21, 2015. Mason, who was seated in the first row behind the Tigers dugout, was distracted during the 8th inning of the game—she had received a souvenir helmet from Victor Martinez, which security guards tried to get back from her—and was hit by a Anthony Gose foul tip, right to the side of her head.