BOSTON (AP) — Major League Commissioner Rob Manfred says management can order expanded netting to protect fans without bargaining over the matter with the players’ association.
A fan at Fenway Park was injured and hospitalized after she was struck by a broken bat in seats along the third-base line on June 5. MLB is studying whether netting should be expanded.
“We have had conversations with the MLBPA, I do not believe it is legally a topic of bargaining,” Manfred said at Fenway Park on Tuesday. “I believe the topic of netting is falls within the purview of management.”
Tonya Carpenter, a 44-year-old from Paxton, Massachusetts, was struck on the head by the broken bat of Oakland’s Brett Lawrie and was hospitalized with what were described as life-threatening injuries.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said Friday she had been discharged and transferred to a rehabilitation center.
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