RELATED: Yankee Stadium incident highlights why Dragons installed additional safety measures
This work will be finished before the Reds open the 2018 season against the Washington Nationals.
According to the team, netting present now meets the guidelines established by Major League Baseball, and the new netting will go beyond them.
If they need to consult anyone on putting up new safeguards, they only need to look north to Dayton, where the Dragons installed extensive new netting late last season.
Here's what the extended netting looks like at Fifth Third Field pic.twitter.com/l5AeNfTyEX
— Marcus Hartman (@marcushartman) September 21, 2017
A ball measured at 105 miles per hour off the bat of former Red Todd Frazier (now a Yankee) hit the fan, who reportedly was attending a Yankees game with her grandparents.
Child gets hit by a foul ball at Yankees game. The players' reactions say it all. pic.twitter.com/YIyaBJq7tT
— Jordan Heck (@JordanHeckFF) September 20, 2017
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