Giants to install additional netting at AT&T Park

Essentially unchanged since its debut in 2000, AT&T Park will have a new look this baseball season. In conjunction with safety measures being followed throughout the major leagues, the Giants will install additional netting to help prevent injuries to fans sitting behind and near the dugouts.

When commissioner Rob Manfred issued a directive last fall, recommending that teams make the necessary changes, Giants executives balked at the notion. There have been no gravely serious foul ball-related injuries in the park’s history, and it is among the most intimate major-league settings. Manfred sent notice to all teams, and the way it was worded, it sounded like a recommendation, as if the teams…