been a huge change on how they watch the game too. Phones, social Media and the internet distract fans in a way that didn’t happen 10-15 years ago.

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Basically the outrage is over an obstructed view most people will eventually forget about, and an inability to catch a line drive many of even the most attentive people couldn't stop.

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You do realize baseball fans rarely get $$ out of a lawsuit because of the "baseball rule."

Because they get hit in the face with the ball?

Hockey should remove their glass barriers as well.

Funny how simple safety improvements become bumper sticker trigger material.

In my day we didn't have fancy netting or cell phones .
We caught line drives with our face and became disfigured freaks. And we liked it, we loved it!

The last couple of times I was in town during the season I went to a Royals game, sat behind home plate which must have had netting but I have no recollection of it, so it clearly didn't impede my view although I wasn't super close to it.

A reasonable number of foul balls still came over too, but generally much further left or right from where I was sitting.

Players want it. So shut your pie holes.

This is how you do funny guys. Pay attention...

Now THAT'S how it's done. And keep your ****ing 5-2 year-olds at HOME. Are you people ****ing reeruned or just cheap?

Getting this upset over something happening at a ballpark you'll never attend is the real cvck move.

In reality it is just a microcosm of society, people are lazy and distracted by their phones. So instead of paying attention or not putting a 3 year old in a spot where a screamer is going to come in, they just want it done for them.

Maybe they'll address the texting and driving epidemic that pisses me off way more than this.

Most people will get hit by a screamer even if they're not texting. The liability system in baseball is broken. I get the fan assumes some risk. But the guy losing the lawsuit against slugrrr for getting his eye knocked out is pretty ridiculous.

But the thing is, you should know you are assuming risk when you sit in certain spots. It's like lots of people don't even realize this, just the same as driving a car is assuming a risk yet people treat that like they aren't either.