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First. reporter: major league baseball is looking at fan safety this season, after one woman at fenway park was struck by a broken bat, and another hit by a foul ball at wrigley field. according to espn.com, that fan was an atlanta braves season ticket holder. this is the third death at atlanta s turner field since 2008. we are watching the remnants of tropical stork erika as it inches closer to florida. it s expected to dump up to 5 inches of rain in some areas. the latest with a clear view of a beautiful day behind you, but might not be that way for long. what s it like there? reporter: definitely the calm before the storm here. on the water here, in clearwater bay, you can see boats and jet skis out on the water. if we zoom in, a little bit more, past that you can see folks on the sand and in the water there, enjoying what is a great day so far. the temperatures in the low 80s. beautiful weather, however, not ....
This time in chicago. we got a lot of dragon flies in the ballpark. the ball hammered by swharmer. hopefully everybody is all right. a woman was hit in the head in a line drive. she was sitting a few roads from the field at the braves-cubs game and at the tigers. a total of nine people have been hit this season raising questions about fan safety in the stands. tigers starter justin verlander tweeted more protective measures need to be taken place in all ballparks. players are sick of seeing injuries that could easily be avoided. mlb should make changes before ....
Baseball may have to come in and say we need additional netting to be put on these stadiums and actually increase the safety precautions. what are the regulations right now? i know when you go to different baseball stadiums, it appears that the netting is different, the walls are different, the seating is different. are there regulations in place? there is regulations in place for fan safety but you are right every single stadium has different netting so that s one of issues that we have to talk about in terms of expanding the netting. is it an expense? is it an issue of obstructing the view of the fans? why wouldn t be it done? i think every individual owner has the right to expand the netting, but it s just not mandated. tigers starter justin ver lander says more protective measures need to be in place. players are sick of seeing injuries that could easily be avoided. do we need to need players to come forward like justin verlander for more action to be ....
Part of a broken bat hit a woman in the face, leaving her hospitalized for a week and still in a rehab facility. new york yankees manager joe girardi telling nj.com after friday s game, protective netting needs to be extended at all ballparks. a red sox spokesperson telling abc news, we are working with mlb on the study of fan safety and we are talking to our fans who have seats in those areas. research shows more than 1,700 spectators are hurt by batted balls at major league stadiums each year, but despite the stats and the stitches, this dedicated red sox fan says she plans to be back in the stands again soon. i would go back there. i don t know if i would just keep a glove maybe at chest level the whole game. reporter: marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. that s a baseball fan. yeah. she s going right back. and it happened something like 1,700 times? oh, my, i had no idea the number was that high. the number s that high. ....
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