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- Colby Rasmus
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Duncan dodges a bullet, but it's time for plexiglass
i recall thinking after the horror that ended encarnacion's career, and almost ended his life, that plexiglass barriers in front of the on deck circle and dug out were in order. the puzzling thing is that if baseball were children's cribs, every stadium in the country would have been recalled for a retrofit.
- APIAD
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Re: Duncan dodges a bullet, but it's time for plexiglass
A Braves coach took one in the face the other day. It knocked him out for a while. Funny that Duncan said that watching his pitching staff was worst then the shot to the nose.
- artie_fufkin
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Re: Duncan dodges a bullet, but it's time for plexiglass
He wasn't in the dugout, though. He was standing near the cage. The netting on those things is loose so a foul ball doesn't conk the batter. I don't know how you make a baseball field entirely safe. The best way to not get hurt is to always pay attention.
- APIAD
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Re: Duncan dodges a bullet, but it's time for plexiglass
You could make them safer then they are. Put put glass around the edges like a hockey rink, enclose the dugout, have the on deck man take swings in a glass box, use the helmets with mask or instead of playing baseball at all just have a tickle fight. Really it isnt that bad. A few people get hurt once in a while. What makes that different then any other job?