BASEBALL-MLB-LAD-DODGER-STADIUM-NETTINGReuters America WireOne day after a fan a Dodger Stadium got hit in the head by a foul ball, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Monday that they would extend the protective netting further down the foul lines. “We have been talking for some time with different providers and looking at different options,” Kasten told the Register. The Washington Nationals also announced Thursday that they would extend the netting further down the left and right field lines, past the dugouts. One of the things that has changed and has been helpful is that the modern-day fan has more of an expectation of seeing netting than they ever have before. According to Erwin Goldbloom, the widower of Linda, the Dodgers offered to pay for funeral expenses.

Source: National Post June 25, 2019 00:45 UTC