The Yankees on Sunday announced that they would “significantly expand” the protective netting at Yankee Stadium next season, taking the step 10 days after a young girl was hit in the face by a line drive while sitting in seats behind the third-base dugout at the stadium.
That incident spurred calls for the Yankees to take action and do what 10 other major league teams had already done: extend existing netting so that it reaches at least the far end of the two dugouts.
Currently, the netting at Yankee Stadium only reaches the near end of each dugout, which meets the recommendation made by M.