it's for the chilrens
Posted on 09/21/2017 2:35:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The girl who was hit in the head by a line-drive foul ball in the stands at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday remained hospitalized Thursday at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.
The girl is “in my prayers,” said an unidentified woman entering the hospital Thursday.
There were no updates provided by the hospital, but the Yankees, in a statement, said: “Our thoughts and prayers continue to be centered around our young fan and her family.
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There was a long thread here yesterday about this. Many people here were against putting up more protective netting down the base lines in ballparks. Others found fault with people with a toddler sitting in those particular seats.
In 1970, a 14 year old boy was killed by a foul ball.
Many more fans are killed or injured by falling from raised seating than are killed or injured by foul balls. Why not netting in front of all seating?
That brings up questions of how far we go to protect people from various hazards. Somebody yesterday said you are in more danger driving to and from the ball park, than your risk of being injured by a foul ball.
How can anyone argue against child-proofing the universe? Isn’t it worth it if it saves even one life?
That’s a key question, as to how far we go to eliminate risks in life.
We could bubble wrap us all and wear batting helmets in the stands, so as to protect ourselves from foul balls. But how practical is that?
I’ve always advocated the opposite approach.
Remove all warning labels and let nature take it’s course.
I’m all for that! It’s time we let natural selection thin the herd a bit.
As we say in the South... Bless your heart.
it's for the chilrens
I was at a Dallas Stars game some years ago at the American Airlines Center. A puck came sailing off the ice and up into stands toward my section. First reaction was to try and catch it. Sensing the stupidity of that, I put my hand back down. Would’ve missed it anyway as it sailed far over my head all the way up to the upper section and knocked a kid out cold. He recovered. The next season, the nets surrounded the entire ice, not just the areas behind the goals. The same can and should be done for baseball ... at least to the end of the dugouts.
My memory is that in a different incident a young girl was actually killed by such an errant puck, which the NHL reacted to by installing the end-line netting.
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