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Post by grandsalami on Dec 9, 2015 12:40:06 GMT -5
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Post by jimed14 on Dec 9, 2015 13:28:42 GMT -5
Hopefully they'll completely redo it and get rid of that awful huge wire that ruins a few rows of seats behind the net because all you can see is the wire. I was so disappointed after being so excited to get what I thought were great seats the last time I was in Fenway.
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Post by blizzards39 on Dec 9, 2015 13:55:10 GMT -5
I was at the game where that woman was injured. Did she end up making a full recovery? I sure hope so.
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Post by pokeyreesespieces on Dec 9, 2015 15:39:55 GMT -5
I want full plexiglass around the infield. Also I want overthrows to make that "bong" noise off it and for overthrows to still be in play.
make it happen, red sox
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Post by mattpicard on Dec 9, 2015 15:41:19 GMT -5
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Post by pokeyreesespieces on Dec 9, 2015 15:43:26 GMT -5
I was at the game where that woman was injured. Did she end up making a full recovery? I sure hope so. edit: picard beat me to it |
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Post by jimed14 on Dec 9, 2015 15:45:05 GMT -5
man, that's like something my ex would do to me. How lame.
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Post by grandsalami on Apr 11, 2016 10:59:29 GMT -5
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Post by grandsalami on Apr 11, 2016 10:59:51 GMT -5
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Post by chavopepe2 on Apr 11, 2016 18:43:21 GMT -5
I was at the game on the third base side and it wasn't intrusive at all.
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Post by bluechip on Apr 14, 2016 10:38:40 GMT -5
I was at the game on the third base side and it wasn't intrusive at all. I am with Steven King on this one. I've sat many times near the on deck circle at Fenway and near the dug out. Part of the enjoyment of those seats was how close it felt to be near the players. Back in the day a season ticket holder used to give cookies to the players in the on deck circle (the Red Sox have a plaque commemorating this fan). Now, those seats will feel more detached. Yes you need to pay attention and some terrible accidents happen, but that is a risk you assume and a risk that I (and many others) was willing to take. |
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Post by okin15 on Apr 14, 2016 11:10:13 GMT -5
While my intuition aligns me with Bluechip and King, I can't understand why anyone would issue a written opinion on this without having been there. As Chavo mentions, it's unlikely to be intrusive.
That said, I wish there were some OTHER way to do the opposite, and re-attach people to the game, rather than isolating them from it.
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Post by pokeyreesespieces on Apr 14, 2016 12:53:41 GMT -5
I was at the game on the third base side and it wasn't intrusive at all. I am with Steven King on this one. I've sat many times near the on deck circle at Fenway and near the dug out. Part of the enjoyment of those seats was how close it felt to be near the players. Back in the day a season ticket holder used to give cookies to the players in the on deck circle (the Red Sox have a plaque commemorating this fan). Now, those seats will feel more detached. Yes you need to pay attention and some terrible accidents happen, but that is a risk you assume and a risk that I (and many others) was willing to take. That doesn't entirely matter. It's not about what risks fans are willing to take, it's about the risks the Red Sox are willing to take. All you need is a shattered bat to ram a little kid in the jugular and you're suddenly wishing there were nets. The sport is evolving. Bats break quite often, though they're working to reduce this and have to a degree, Fenway has little foul territory, and players are smoking the ball 100+ mph off the bat on the reg. Stephen King will survive. |
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Post by okin15 on Apr 14, 2016 16:04:55 GMT -5
Pokey, that's such a reasonable argument. Makes me feel better. Perhaps they need a section of "high risk" seats that they sell online under that name. Would mean cutting the netting back a few feet, and probably showing ID when you sit there.
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Post by ray88h66 on Apr 14, 2016 18:35:10 GMT -5
I don't have an opinion on the netting, because I haven't sat behind it. I don't like the netting at hockey games. But I can see it on TV, can't see the netting on TV for the sox. Don't ask me about peeps sitting in prime time and banging away on phones and other devices.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Apr 14, 2016 18:51:43 GMT -5
I was at the game on the third base side and it wasn't intrusive at all. I am with Steven King on this one. I've sat many times near the on deck circle at Fenway and near the dug out. Part of the enjoyment of those seats was how close it felt to be near the players. Back in the day a season ticket holder used to give cookies to the players in the on deck circle (the Red Sox have a plaque commemorating this fan). Now, those seats will feel more detached. Yes you need to pay attention and some terrible accidents happen, but that is a risk you assume and a risk that I (and many others) was willing to take. |
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Post by bluechip on Apr 15, 2016 6:53:47 GMT -5
www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/04/10/protective-netting-fenway-thanks-but-thanks/HS3Yat4rLgRGYMk83a26zN/story.htmlI am with Steven King on this one. I've sat many times near the on deck circle at Fenway and near the dug out. Part of the enjoyment of those seats was how close it felt to be near the players. Back in the day a season ticket holder used to give cookies to the players in the on deck circle (the Red Sox have a plaque commemorating this fan). Now, those seats will feel more detached. Yes you need to pay attention and some terrible accidents happen, but that is a risk you assume and a risk that I (and many others) was willing to take. That doesn't entirely matter. It's not about what risks fans are willing to take, it's about the risks the Red Sox are willing to take. All you need is a shattered bat to ram a little kid in the jugular and you're suddenly wishing there were nets. The sport is evolving. Bats break quite often, though they're working to reduce this and have to a degree, Fenway has little foul territory, and players are smoking the ball 100+ mph off the bat on the reg. Stephen King will survive. Except that for most of those seat bats and balls are not a high risk. At least not at such a high speed and short a time that it poses the risk you speak of. Why did they not extend the nets all the way to the bullpens? Or for that matter, put nets under the monster seats in case a fan tries to reach over and falls? It all involves a risk analysis. The risk to the fans did not require the nets being extended as far as they were. |
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