has long been protected from litigation by a disclaimer on every ticket that says the spectator assumes all risks of attending a game. But after Jacobson’s daughter was hurt, the team extended the netting far down its baselines, as the Mets had done in 2017. As Jacobson noted, players have often advocated more protective measures for fans in the aftermath of high-profile injuries. “Any safety measure we can take to make sure that fans are safe, we should do it,” he said. The players experience the game in a way that makes them intuitively aware of increased hazards from batted balls.

Source: New York Times June 01, 2019 10:52 UTC