A 60-year-old man from Schaumburg has recently filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Cubs and Major League baseball after he was drilled in the face by a foul ball.
Jay Loos has lost vision in his left eye after he was struck by a ball at Wrigley Field on August 29th when the team was playing the Pittsburgh Pirates. Loos was sitting in section 135, row 11, seat 107 when a Pirates player hit a screamer that Loos took directly in the face.
Warning: the video is brutal to watch.
Guy took it right to the dome on that foul ball in the cubs game.. #Ouch #Cubs @BarstoolBigCat pic.twitter.com/ScEkQattbQ
— John Lloyd (@John_K_Lloyd) August 30, 2017
Loos has undergone three surgeries already and doctors worry he may end up going blind all together. He is just one of many examples of a growing problem across Major League baseball of fans being hit by foul balls traveling at very high velocities throughout the course of the game.
A few days after the incident in August, the Cubs President of Business Operations, Crane Kenney, said that the team would extend the protective netting at Wrigley field beginning in 2018. Unfortunately for Loos, that netting will do him no good.
Loos’ legal representation from the Clifford Law offices said they’ve already been in discussion with the Cubs legal team during a short press conference today.
It’s hard for me to understand why people wouldn’t want protective netting extended at all Major League stadiums because it “hinders their view.” I’ve sat behind the netting numerous times and not once did I say, “Wow. I really can’t see what’s going on because of that damn net.” I’d much rather feel safe sitting behind a protective net rather than suffer through what Loos is currently going through.
And if you’re on the “well he should have been paying attention to the game” side, nobody that has ever been to a baseball game has been fully focused the entire time that you’re in the stadium so don’t try to use that excuse either.
With all the cases of fans being struck by foul balls that have occurred this year, I’d be shocked if we didn’t see all teams extend their protective netting by next season.
