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Stephen King against netting at Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park

By Alex Butler
Author Stephen King stands for the seventh inning stretch while attending game three of the ALCS between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on October 13, 2008. (UPI Photo/Matthew Healey)
Author Stephen King stands for the seventh inning stretch while attending game three of the ALCS between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on October 13, 2008. (UPI Photo/Matthew Healey) | License Photo

BOSTON, April 12 (UPI) -- A notoriously terrifying storyteller didn't hold back in describing his disdain for the new netting protection at Fenway Park.

Stephen King penned a column Sunday for the Boston Globe titled: "Protective netting at Fenway? Thanks, but no thanks."

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In the article, King describes his Red Sox fandom and seat ownership, dating back to the days of Wade Boggs manning the hot corner. He describes how Red Sox executive Sean Walsh gave him a personal call to notify him of new protective netting being implemented at the park. Walsh apparently gave King the option to move his two dugout seats further down the first base line, but King declined due to his current proximity to home plate.

"So no, I didn't want to move," King wrote. "Lots of memories in those seats. When even the guy selling the popcorn gives you a fist-bump and a "Hey, Steve, where ya been?" as he goes by, who would?"

"Now I have to look through a net. For my own protection, I'm told," King wrote.

King even goes on to compare the likelihood of getting hit with a baseball to being struck by lightning.

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"According to a Bloomberg News report, 1,750 fans are injured in game-related incidents every year," King wrote. "That's more than the number of batters hit by pitches (about 1,500, according to the Elias Sports Bureau). But almost 74 millionfans attended MLB games in 2015, so the chances of being struck by a piece of bat or a foul line drive are pretty slim. Right up there with getting struck by lightning, I'd say. Maybe even less, if the fan is paying attention."

According to the team's website, season tickets for the Red Sox in field boxes 17-20 are $11,745 per seat. Boxes 9-16 and 71-82 are $11,340 per seat.

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