A young child is carried from the stands after being injured by a foul ball off the bat of Chicago Cubs’ Albert Almora Jr. during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, in Houston on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. There’s always a surge of excitement as a foul ball comes your way, but also a sense of dread. Too many fans have been left bloody and maimed by these projectiles hurtling into the stands.
Yet Major League Baseball keeps playing a dangerous game, dragging its feet on requiring all teams to put up protective netting from foul pole to foul pole. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)