MLB, Red Sox to ‘re-examine’ fan safety following broken bat injury
The Boston Red Sox and the MLB will review ballpark safety, according team press release, after a fan at Fenway Park was seriously injured by a bat that went into the stands Friday.
Tonya Carpenter was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a broken bat struck her in the head. She has since been upgraded to fair condition, but remains hospitalized.
The Red Sox released a statement Monday evening:
All of us with the Boston Red Sox continue to extend our best wishes to Tonya Carpenter, who was injured by a broken bat at Friday night’s game. The well-being of Tonya and her loved ones are forefront in our minds.
Major League Baseball will re-examine fan safety at ballparks, and we will fully participate in that process.
Though Carpenter was injured by a broken bat, “about 1,750 spectators get hurt each year by batted balls, mostly fouls, at major-league games,’’ according to Bloomberg News.
According to Fox Sports, MLB owners twice rejected requests by players during collective bargaining (in 2007 and 2012) to extend protective netting from behind homeplate down the foul lines.
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