And so begins the yearly dialogue about protective netting. Its tricky because unlike the other sports everyone has played baseball, and to some degree is lulled into a false sense of security.
Know this. 90 mph = 132 feet per second. The girls seats were probably less than 132 feet from home plate. So dad or whomever was there to protect her, has less than 1 second to react and throw part of his body in the way.
Not possible. No one can respond, meaningfully in that length of time. So until mlb acts, don't put your kids in jeopardy. Sit behind the netting or farther away from home.
My apologies for digressing from our typical betting discussion format........but this is just too important. 90 mph is too abstract, but 132 fps makes it real enough to understand.
bol 2 all !!! :toast:
Know this. 90 mph = 132 feet per second. The girls seats were probably less than 132 feet from home plate. So dad or whomever was there to protect her, has less than 1 second to react and throw part of his body in the way.
Not possible. No one can respond, meaningfully in that length of time. So until mlb acts, don't put your kids in jeopardy. Sit behind the netting or farther away from home.
My apologies for digressing from our typical betting discussion format........but this is just too important. 90 mph is too abstract, but 132 fps makes it real enough to understand.
bol 2 all !!! :toast:
