DManRightHere
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Extra netting, I hope just to deflect bats and low drive foul balls....if one is attending a baseball game you have to pay attention.
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Fan Deflects Bat at WWoS Champion Stadium
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NelleBelle
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Even if you were paying attention, you could still potentially have gotten hurt by that flying bat. And give the kid a break--he's a kid and they're known to have short attention spans. 
I think Disney escaped a potentially costly and public mishap thanks to "forearms of steal" and should take note and remedy the field before something worse happens.
That was an incredible pic, btw!!
I think Disney escaped a potentially costly and public mishap thanks to "forearms of steal" and should take note and remedy the field before something worse happens. That was an incredible pic, btw!!
Dartha Stewart
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To Disney's credit, this is the 2016 Atlanta Braves we're talking about here. Have you seen their lineup after all the wasteful trades? Despite this fluke incident with the bat, chances of hard objects (especially baseballs) flying out of the playing field are slim to none this season.
NelleBelle
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Touche!
Nastory4
Active Member
Thanks for noticing. When I saw the kid in danger, I just put my arm out! Another day at the office.
I know that the Barves are looking to build a complex outside of Sarasota. Thats public knowledge at this point. But sofar, I've heard of three or four instances of bats going into the stands this spring training.
Its an issue and Disney cant drag their feet here.
Its an issue and Disney cant drag their feet here.
Raineman
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Where does this kind of thing stop? Maybe we should have 15 foot high netting from foul pole to foul pole to "protect" people from their own stupidity. It's ridiculous. Maybe people should disconnect themselves from their electronic life support and pay attention to the game in front of them for a few hours. Getting extremely tired of society coddling the idiots and the uninformed, and then have these people blame someone else when their own stupidity causes themselves harm. Maybe the glass at a hockey arena should be 50 ft tall? Give me a break.
NelleBelle
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I just saw an interview on our local news here in Seattle that they had with the father (aka "forearms of steel'). I guess the little boy was only 8 years old. The news team was just as impressed with the picture!
yedliW
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They (the father and son involved) were on GMA this morning.. he said the kid had just taken a few pictures and was checking them out before he sent them to mom..
NelleBelle
Well-Known Member
They also kept the bat (heck yeah, as would I)! 
Dead2009
Horror Movie Guru
Check them out inbetween pitches or at bats then
DisneyPrincess5
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First of all, thankfully the boy is healthy and safe-this guy deserves a SERIOUSLY awesome Fathers Day this year-actually, forever! What incredibly reflexes and instinct.
Second, hopefully what can be taken away here is a valuable safety lesson. Hopefully something like this doesn't have to happen again. Let this be the wake up call.
Ok now that this is settled, let's move on to the third most important topic at hand here. The dad's bod. Holy Gaston. And I just read that he's a firefighter. A hero to his son, and his community. #swoon #thatdadtho
Second, hopefully what can be taken away here is a valuable safety lesson. Hopefully something like this doesn't have to happen again. Let this be the wake up call.
Ok now that this is settled, let's move on to the third most important topic at hand here. The dad's bod. Holy Gaston. And I just read that he's a firefighter. A hero to his son, and his community. #swoon #thatdadtho
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NelleBelle
Well-Known Member
Agreed!! That's a lucky little guy and community!! Should've guessed he was a firefighter with arms like that 
yedliW
Well-Known Member
No doubt.. It amazes me how many people I see at baseball games reading a book during the game.. If you don't want to watch the game, why do you go? You really need to be paying attention to what is going on.. and it's not just down low.. I've seen people taken to the hospital after getting hit by a ball that ricocheted off a cement wall or a steel guardrail, well away from the field of play..
drew81
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Disney would try to buy the dad and son off with a Mickey meet and greet and ice cream bars.
ABQ
Well-Known Member
This isn't a new thing though, is it Dave? I'm bittersweet on the whole concept of more and more protective netting. I can see both sides of the argument as having merits. My point is bats have been flying into stands since forever. No, not at the rate hockey pucks fly off the ice, the netting added at the ends of a rink had to happen, but I'm not so certain about baseball.
I think the moral of the story is don't go to a baseball game unless you are going to pay attention to the game.... wait... hold on... strike that, 'cause if the only people going to baseball games were there to actually pay attention to the game the stadiums would be empty.
Phonedave
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It's a baseball game, not a something that you need to be 100% vigilant at. I honeslty dont like the netting. Last MLB game I was at we had great seats (11 or 12th row, on the third base line, pretty much right behind the batters box. However, they were behind the netting, and the netting does get annoying to look through.
Now when I go to a game, I watch the game. However, I don't sit eyes foward, locked onto the game, only averting my eyes when it is safe to do so. Sometimes I look at the scoreboard to check a players stats, sometimes a vendor is handing me food, sometimes I say someting to the person next to me. What if I have to go to the bathroom, I get up and walk up the asile, I dont back up the asile keeping my eyes on the field for errant objects. A foul ball or a broken bat can come in the blink of an eye. Heck, pitchers get hit sometime, and they are playing the game.
It's a balancing act between being safe, being overly safe, and avoiding litigation. I don't think you can fault a kid at a game for taking a picture and then wanting to send it to his mom. But on the other hand, if the bat hit him, I don't know if you could call it the stadiums fault either. Sometimes accidents happen, thats why they are called accidents.