BREAKING NEWS: Chicago White Sox to put up netting all the way to foul poul

[scho63]

Well this is shit and completely a pussy move supported by Kevin Keitzman, a douche!

[Mephistopheles Janx]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

And what about the players who are scarred for life? Maybe just to be nice to them we can look through some netting? Would you like to go to work knowing you could give a little kid brain damage - even if it's 100% her parents' fault?

I have gone to work knowing I could give a kid brain damage if the parent was negligent. While I am grateful it never happened and I would have felt bad for the kid... I, for one, wouldn't have been "scarred for life" over it as it was something completely out of my control.

Has a ballplayer stated they were scarred for life because someone got brained by a foul ball or is this editorialized?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=albert+alm...=v198-1&ia=web

Doesn't come up with him saying anything of that nature. I did read how some players called for added netting but nothing about "scarred for life". Again though... they are calling for the babyproofing of a stadium to cater to the dumbest common denominator.

I'm not adamantly against the additional netting. I'll never sit behind the dugout again but that aside it won't change whether or not I watch the game. I'm simply wondering why there is zero accountability for those who get hit. They sue, team settles. Never mind that the majority of these injures could be avoided by simply being aware of the game you paid to go watch.

Pay attention and you/your crotchfruit likely doesn't get a baseball to the dome.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by MephistophelesJanx

Am I wrong to say that if you sit in an area of the stadium where balls are coming at you at 110 MPH, you fail to pay attention, and you get hit with said ball... that shit is on you.
Yes sir! You are wrong.


If you sit a 2 year old in that area, FAIL TO PAY ATTENTION, they get hit by a ball, and they now need to be spoon fed for the rest of their lives... that shit is on the parent.

Parent paying attention: And still barely blocked a bat. Not a 110MPH ball.



Parent not paying attention:



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Nah... why experience personal accountability when we can just sue and babyproof everything for the dumbest common denominator?

Dude you are acting like everything is cut and dry. There are many variables and instances that a person can not be perfectly aware and respond in that split second.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by MephistophelesJanx

Why do they need to be told??? Logic states that a 100mph fastball crushed into the stands on a line drive is gonna hurt like a mother ****er if it hits you.

Drink beer and chow nachos while updating your twitter feed all you want. Nothing needs to be confiscated nor do people need to go through some sort of coordination test. But if you get drilled by a baseball... it is on you. If you brought your 2 year old that CAN'T pay attention for themselves... then doubly so.

/completely agreed with the bolded part

If a fan gets drilled by a baseball even though you're paying attention or your only crime was eating a hot dog or drinking a beer or talking to your neighbor, then that's a problem with stadiums as we know it. Not the fans. I wouldn't bring a 2-year old down there... but let's not let that distract from the idea that a section that is perfectly capable of being safe enough for that 2-year old to be there intentionally chooses not to do it.