Milwaukee Brewers to extend protective netting on Field Level at Miller Park in 2020

[BruisedCrew]

I’m all in favor of extended netting. That’s all.

[PeaveyFury]

I’m all in favor of extended netting. That’s all.

 

Yep. Inconvenience for some traded for improved safety for many.

 

A small minority of people will be put off by it, but there are plenty of additional seating options for them to choose from if they decide it's too much of a negative on their personal experience.

[homer]

Even the old timers who put on their headsets and keep score don't pay attention 100% of the time.

[TURBO]

This is a total non issue and won't impact anyone's enjoyment of the game

 

I think that is mostly an opinion, not fact...

 

I am for the nets, however, if you are sitting in an area without a net, that is your decision. There is risk involved, and if you are not smart enough to realize that as a fan, and you sit in those areas, there is always a chance to get nailed.

 

It's the idiots that take kids and babies to games and sit in screaming foul ball territory that bug me.

 

I get used to the nets during games, so it isn't a factor for me, but I don't think we can say that the nets won't impact anyone's enjoyment of the game, because there are obviously people that it will.

[DocLuna7]

I’m all in favor of extended netting. That’s all.

 

Yep. Inconvenience for some traded for improved safety for many.

 

A small minority of people will be put off by it, but there are plenty of additional seating options for them to choose from if they decide it's too much of a negative on their personal experience.

 

I mean for what it’s worth there are also plenty of seating options people can already choose from that aren’t behind nets right now too. Just saying.

[pacopete4]

This is a total non issue and won't impact anyone's enjoyment of the game

 

I think that is mostly an opinion, not fact...

 

I am for the nets, however, if you are sitting in an area without a net, that is your decision. There is risk involved, and if you are not smart enough to realize that as a fan, and you sit in those areas, there is always a chance to get nailed.

 

It's the idiots that take kids and babies to games and sit in screaming foul ball territory that bug me.

 

I get used to the nets during games, so it isn't a factor for me, but I don't think we can say that the nets won't impact anyone's enjoyment of the game, because there are obviously people that it will.

 

I tried to type this out a little bit ago and it didn’t nearly come off as well as you wrote it but this is where my take is.

[brewerfan82]

I can understand *preferring* not to have a net in front of me, but I can't sacrifice safety for a preference. That said, shouldn't the discussion move to "how do we make the netting less distracting?" at this point? Is the current netting solution really the least noticeable material/thickness/etc. possible while still being able to prevent a 120mph ball from flying through it? I mean, I'm currently sitting two feet from a screened office window and I almost never realize it's even there when looking outside, seems like we should be able to come up with *something* that's less distracting at the ballpark.

[homer]

This is a total non issue and won't impact anyone's enjoyment of the game

 

I think that is mostly an opinion, not fact...

 

I am for the nets, however, if you are sitting in an area without a net, that is your decision. There is risk involved, and if you are not smart enough to realize that as a fan, and you sit in those areas, there is always a chance to get nailed.

 

It's the idiots that take kids and babies to games and sit in screaming foul ball territory that bug me.

 

I get used to the nets during games, so it isn't a factor for me, but I don't think we can say that the nets won't impact anyone's enjoyment of the game, because there are obviously people that it will.

 

 

At what point did I say it was a fact? It's obviously an opinion.

 

Given how much closer the stands are to the fields than years ago, there are many more seats/sections that are in screaming foul ball territory. Personal responsibility is fine and dandy but when baseball teams are actively stimulating everyone with scoreboards, light shows, videos, etc.that distract you from the game it is incumbent upon them to provide enough safety to ensure fans don't get drilled.

 

And the flip side to your argument is if you don't want netting in front of you, sit somewhere else.

[BruisedCrew]

I can understand *preferring* not to have a net in front of me, but I can't sacrifice safety for a preference. That said, shouldn't the discussion move to "how do we make the netting less distracting?" at this point? Is the current netting solution really the least noticeable material/thickness/etc. possible while still being able to prevent a 120mph ball from flying through it? I mean, I'm currently sitting two feet from a screened office window and I almost never realize it's even there when looking outside, seems like we should be able to come up with *something* that's less distracting at the ballpark.

 

I have sat behind the current netting and do not notice it at all. I don’t see how it could possibly be less distracting. Maybe sitting in the first few rows is a little different, but I haven’t sat there

[DuWayne Steurer]

I think that most people that don't like viewing the game through nets are also saying "other people's safety shouldn't be compromised for my inconvenience", and that's a very fair statement. I don't think the two sides of this argument are all that far apart.

 

I do think the argument that people should be sitting in rapt attention at all times is just silly. Nobody is going to sit for 3 hours at a ballgame and just stare at the field. Aside from cell phones, there's so much visual stuff going on (scoreboards, ribbons, ads, people sitting around us to talk to, etc, etc, etc) that the "pay attention" argument is just (IMO) silly. Yes, you should pay attention, but sometimes stuff just happens. You can be paying attention and still get smoked by a foul ball. Most people sitting in the stands aren't professional athletes with world class reflexes.

[TURBO]

 

At what point did I say it was a fact? It's obviously an opinion.

 

Look at how your post was worded, if not stated as fact, it is surely implied that those who disagreed were wrong.

 

 

 

 

And the flip side to your argument is if you don't want netting in front of you, sit somewhere else.

 

Agreed.

[MrTPlush]

Some of the stadiums have a less obtrusive net they are testing out for the extension area. I want to say maybe the White Sox did this. It’s supposed to be a material easier to look through while still having the ability to stop a baseball. Not sure how much better it actually is, but the article I read said that was the intention.

[LaprilOne]

I chose my seats in sec 119 behind home plate row 17 because I like the location and view, and there is a net. I can buy a beer, enter a score card, turn my head and not getting nailed. I never notice the net

[et bbal]

Had seats behind home plate, 2nd row one time. I found the netting annoying for about 10 minutes, then my brain adjusted and I didn't even notice. Netting won't prevent me from sitting anywhere. Cost of tix is another matter. I generally don't have to worry about the netting.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I don't even notice the net and feel much safer when behind it vs. right outside its reach.

[The stache]

Good!

 

If I were in the seats, I wouldn't be a real fan of the netting, either. But I'm even less a fan of some little kid fighting for their life in the ER because they got hit in the forehead with a line drive foul ball. All parks need to extend the netting. In fact, I feel this should be league mandated. Just too many people have been seriously injured at games, and MLB putting "you enter the ballpark at your own risk", or whatever the verbiage is now, just isn't cutting it.

[BrewersSuperCollector]

The most expensive seats in the house right now are behind the netting. This is a total non issue and won't impact anyone's enjoyment of the game

 

I don’t like the netting also. Life is full of choices, and if I wanted to sit behind the netting I’d sit behind the home plate area. I have no interest in sitting behind the netting, and will just move up to the Loge then. It’s not like there isn’t an area in the 100 section that didn’t have the protective netting for those that wanted it.

[adambr2]

When I first saw this thread from the forum list page it was cut off after "Milwaukee Brewers to ext"

 

I thought, "Ooooo, who are we extending? Hader? Hiura? Grandal? " Then I clicked on it.

 

Nope.

[dlk9s]

There's an entire New York City borough that roots for Nets. I don't see why we can't do the same.

[mtrebs]

There's an entire New York City borough that roots for Nets. I don't see why we can't do the same.

 

I had to read this a few times to understand were you were going with this one...

[Ennder]

Had seats behind home plate, 2nd row one time. I found the netting annoying for about 10 minutes, then my brain adjusted and I didn't even notice. Netting won't prevent me from sitting anywhere. Cost of tix is another matter. I generally don't have to worry about the netting.

 

I won't say that nobody ever notices the nets, but in my experience this is how it actually works for most people. When you get seats behind the net it is very jarring at first but you quickly adjust and they just are no big deal. Doesn't mean that everyone's brain works this way but the vast majority of them do.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Had seats behind home plate, 2nd row one time. I found the netting annoying for about 10 minutes, then my brain adjusted and I didn't even notice. Netting won't prevent me from sitting anywhere. Cost of tix is another matter. I generally don't have to worry about the netting.

 

I won't say that nobody ever notices the nets, but in my experience this is how it actually works for most people. When you get seats behind the net it is very jarring at first but you quickly adjust and they just are no big deal. Doesn't mean that everyone's brain works this way but the vast majority of them do.

 

The first time I sat behind the nets, I immediately thought " there's no way I'm going to enjoy this", and by about the 2nd inning I honestly didn't notice it. I won't say that other people will have that same experience, and I guess it wouldn't be great for filming/taking photos, but that's my own personal experience.

[bjkrautk]

I won't say that other people will have that same experience, and I guess it wouldn't be great for filming/taking photos, but that's my own personal experience.

 

I used to genuinely enjoy taking photographs during the Brewers games. With the existing netting, there are very few spots where I sit that aren't obstructed by the netting (or the cables holding up the netting). I stopped taking the camera altogether this year.

 

Honestly, I will end up buying more Badger hoops & Packers tickets in the long run, since those are opportunities to take photos that don't make focusing near impossible by putting up a net between the lens and the players.

 

I get that there are kids and people who should be sitting behind the netting...but there's plenty of seats in those areas that are going unused (and most of them are cheaper than the seats down the line).