The Yankees on Sunday announced that they would “significantly expand” the protective netting at Yankee Stadium next season, taking the step 10 days after a young girl was hit in the face by a line drive while sitting in seats behind the third-base dugout at the stadium.

That incident spurred calls for the Yankees to take action and do what 10 other major league teams had already done: extend existing netting so that it reaches at least the far end of the two dugouts.