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MLB's Professional Development League is operating with unsafe conditions for fans seated past the ends of the dugouts, despite a December 2022 announcement about forthcoming improvements.
Tracy Nabors, a Willis High School English teacher whose jaw was broken in three places, lost multiple teeth and is still dealing with chronic pain and steep medical expenses after she was hit by a foul ball during batting practice at an Astros game on June 14, 2019, doesn’t like to talk about what happened to her that day.
After she spoke with ABC13 for a brief TV segment about her injury in July 2019, Nabors was shocked by the startling number of Astros fans who commented on social media that it was her own fault she got injured for not paying enough attention to her surroundings, who railed against expanding safety netting at games because it would allegedly hurt the ballpark experience by making it harder for fans to catch stray balls and to get autographs from players.