BREAKING NEWS: Chicago White Sox to put up netting all the way to foul poul

[scho63]

Well this is shit and completely a pussy move supported by Kevin Keitzman, a douche!

[mikeyis4dcats.]

MLB is going to require it next year anyway, this gets them good PR.

[Prison Bitch]

Nobody wants to go see that shit


It’s like screwing with a condom. Safer yes but Only losers do that

[scho63]

How many people have been killed by a foul ball?

How many people have become incapacitated from a foul ball?

How many SERIOUS injuries since 1950 have occurred in MLB from foul balls?

This is a ****ing joke and if you support it, YOU AIN'T AN ALPHA, OR A BETA, YOU ARE A DOUCHE!

I bet there has been 25,000,000 foul balls in the last 50 years and probably 10 serious injuries.

What a great rate of success and safety!

[Lprechaun]

And they wonder why they cant get people to the stadiums

[KCUnited]

LOL, have you seen where that stadium is at? Let's bolt down these deck chairs on the Titanic so no dies from them sliding into their heads.

[Sassy Squatch]

Why the hell are you spelling cuck like that.

[KCUnited]

They just wanted to beat the Cubs to it first. All maneuvering.

[Naptown Chief]

People still follow baseball?

[MMXcalibur]

The NHL added nets above the glass on each end of the rink and you can barely notice them when you watch the play live.

I'm willing to bet this is the same here.

You chodes simply hate change.

[DaFace]

Are you upset because you want to go to White Sox games and are frustrated that your view might be impeded or just pissed off at the concept?

If people don't like the view, they won't go, and the team will pay for it financially. Or maybe families will feel more comfortable sitting down low now who might have otherwise sat elsewhere (or not gone at all).

Regardless, I have trouble getting worked up about a decision a team I don't care about made that will either work out for them financially or won't.

[Lprechaun]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Are you upset because you want to go to White Sox games and are frustrated that your view might be impeded or just pissed off at the concept?

If people don't like the view, they won't go, and the team will pay for it financially. Or maybe families will feel more comfortable sitting down low now who might have otherwise sat elsewhere (or not gone at all).

Regardless, I have trouble getting worked up about a decision a team I don't care about made that will either work out for them financially or won't.

Never had your dad or grandpa or great grandpa take you to a game and catch foul balls?

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Lprechaun

Never had your dad or grandpa or great grandpa take you to a game and catch foul balls?

I didn't live anywhere near a ballpark when I was a kid, so no. I've been recently and been pretty freaked out by a ball that broke a seat two rows in front of me, though.

I'm not saying I care one way or another about this rule, but I just have trouble caring about the decisions made by a for-profit business. If they piss off their "customers," so be it. That's what capitalism is all about.

[scho63]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Are you upset because you want to go to White Sox games and are frustrated that your view might be impeded or just pissed off at the concept?

If people don't like the view, they won't go, and the team will pay for it financially. Or maybe families will feel more comfortable sitting down low now who might have otherwise sat elsewhere (or not gone at all).

Regardless, I have trouble getting worked up about a decision a team I don't care about made that will either work out for them financially or won't.

I'm a Pirates fan and my first baseball game as a kid was in 1971 watching the Pirates and Phillies at the Vet.

Robert Clemente, Bill Mazeroski, Will Stargell and Dock Ellis all in one game.

I was at a SF Giants and St Louis Cards game at Candlestick and took great photos on top of the dugout of Barry Bonds.

I sat two rows back of the dugout for a Wash Nationals and Pirates game.

Also was behind home plate for a Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers game at Camden Yards and I moved because the netting was annoying to my vision.

Anyone who says the netting is a non-factor with viewing the game NEVER sat behind netting.

It sucks!

[Lprechaun]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I didn't live anywhere near a ballpark when I was a kid, so no. I've been recently and been pretty freaked out by a ball that broke a seat two rows in front of me, though.

I'm not saying I care one way or another about this rule, but I just have trouble caring about the decisions made by a for-profit business. If they piss off their "customers," so be it. That's what capitalism is all about.

Yeah that's true, their business.... but some of us have been to hundreds myself almost 1000 baseball games, always sat behind dugouts or 1st and 3rd. Never had an accident and I cant imagine not being able to snag a ball for a young fan or nephew or niece....
But yeah they can make that decision. It wont help attendance.