MASHANTUCKET, Conn. - Like many parks around baseball, safety netting at Fenway Park will be extended down the left and right field lines in 2018.

At Red Sox Winter Weekend at Foxwoods Resort Casino, team president Sam Kennedy discussed the expansion of the safety netting for the upcoming season.

"As you know before 2016 we expanded to the inside wall of the dugouts and we're going to beyond that in 2018," Kennedy said.

The current plan is to extend the netting down to Field Box 79 in left field and Field Box 9 in right field, near canvas alley.

"We're still finalizing the exact dimensions but it will be a dramatic expansion of our netting so it's an important thing we're working on right now," Kennedy said.

Kennedy noted the same type of netting that's already at the park will be used for the expansion.

At Fenway Park and others parks across the league, multiple fans have been hospitalized after being hit by balls or bats that entered the stands.

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