It might be the shot heard around the baseball world: the rocket-like foul ball that hit a young girl at a New York Yankees game. A U.S. senator urged the commissioner to "put the safety of your fans first" and extend nets at all ballparks. That little girl, that's everyone's daughter," said lawyer Bob Hilliard, who represents fans in a California lawsuit that seeks class action status to sue on behalf of 1,750 fans hit by balls and bats at games each year. Among them were the Padres, who said they will extend netting to the end of each dugout by opening day. Hilliard's lawsuit seeks to go further, to force clubs to extend protective netting from foul pole to foul pole.

Source: ABC News September 21, 2017 22:41 UTC