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CHICAGO - Work crews have begun extending the protective netting to the foul poles at Guaranteed Rate Field, a step the Chicago White Sox are taking following a couple of high-profile injuries this season.

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CHICAGO – Work crews have begun extending the protective netting to the foul poles at Guaranteed Rate Field, a step the Chicago White Sox are taking following a couple of high-profile injuries this season.

The White Sox say the majority of the work should be completed Wednesday and the netting will be in place when the team returns home July 22 to host the Miami Marlins.

The White Sox are the first major league team to take the step after a liner by Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr. struck a 4-year-old girl in Houston in May. A woman was hit by a foul ball off the bat of White Sox slugger Eloy Jiménez in Chicago on June 10.

Workers from C&H Baseball company install additional protective netting at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The netting is being extended from the dugouts to the fair poles in right and left field. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Workers from C&H Baseball company install additional protective netting at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The netting is being extended from the dugouts to the fair poles in right and left field. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Commissioner Rob Manfred has said extending protective netting down foul lines is a ballpark-to-ballpark decision because of differing configurations. Major League Baseball mandated ahead of the 2018 season that netting extend to the far end of each dugout.

The Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals are among the other teams that have announced they’ll extend netting.

Workers from C&H Baseball company install additional protective netting at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The netting is being extended from the dugouts to the fair poles in right and left field. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Workers from C&H Baseball company install additional protective netting at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The netting is being extended from the dugouts to the fair poles in right and left field. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)

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