We know of at least 40 professional minor league ballparks that started the 2025 baseball season without extended netting to protect fans seated beyond the dugouts, and a handful with no netting above the dugouts. Foul balls have already caused injuries in 2025. During Spring Training, a professional radio broadcast announcer who was watching the game extremely closely while calling the play from the booth, was hit in the head by a high-speed foul ball. On March 29, an MLB fan suffered a broken cheek from a high-speed line drive foul ball that went over the net at Yankee Stadium, indicating that existing netting is not enough to safeguard fans. Regardless of any progress, based on everything we’ve learned thus far, the risk of serious injury or death will likely persist into the future without the combination of regulatory oversight and law enforcement accountability to ensure that effective action is taken to stop fan injuries.