Fan injuries in baseball are on the rise. NBC News accumulated data from first aid contractors working for only four out of the 30 MLB teams and reported which at least 701 fans had been injured by baseballs from 2012 to 2019. The research indicated 808 foul ball fan injuries. Factoring in the other 26 MLB teams, that would come out to roughly 5,000 fan injuries over the same period. Keep in mind, these figures are only for MLB, and do not account for any of the fan injuries in the minor leagues where there are three times more games played. Foul Ball Safety Now! is a crusade commissioned by Jordan Skopp, a Brooklyn realtor, lifelong baseball fan, and author of a forthcoming book about the tremendously overlooked scandal in the professional baseball industry – the all-too-frequent incidence of fans being maimed by dangerous foul balls due to the lack of extended protective netting, and related failures to educate fans about their assumed risk at the ballgame. Skopp joined me this week to tell me more.
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