A 79-year-old woman was killed when a foul ball struck her in the head at a Dodgers game during the 2018 season. Linda Goldbloom died from a brain hemorrhage caused by blunt force trauma, according to a Los Angeles County coroner’s report obtained by ESPN. This past season was the first in which all 30 stadiums featured protective netting along the foul lines, largely a response to a September 2017 incident at Yankee Stadium in which a toddler was struck in the face by a foul ball. Safety first.”While Dodger Stadium has expanded its netting, per MLB recommendations, that was not a factor on the play that killed Goldbloom. “My heart goes out to the whole [Goldbloom] family,” Jacobson told ESPN.

Source: Fox News February 05, 2019 10:18 UTC