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Foul Ball Safety Now Calls for Federal Investigation Into Baseball Fan Injury Crisis

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Friday, October 27, 2023
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Oct. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As baseball season comes to an end, the watchdog group Foul Ball Safety Now is calling for a federal investigation into the conduct of Major League Baseball, and for the creation of an emergency netting council to address ongoing foul ball threats to fan safety in professional ballparks across America.

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  • BROOKLYN, N.Y., Oct. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As baseball season comes to an end, the watchdog group Foul Ball Safety Now is calling for a federal investigation into the conduct of Major League Baseball, and for the creation of an emergency netting council to address ongoing foul ball threats to fan safety in professional ballparks across America.
  • A fan was blinded by a foul ball at a Pittsburgh Pirates game on July 1.
  • A 3-week-old baby suffered a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain from a foul ball at a Hickory Crawdads minor league game on August 25.
  • There needs to be a federal investigation into the continuation of the foul ball maiming crisis affecting children," Skopp said.

Trimble Introduces Industry's First Horizontal Steering Control for Soil Compactors

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today Horizontal Steering Control functionality on the Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform for Soil Compactors, the industry's first automatic steering control solution for soil compactorsand the next step towards Trimble's autonomous vision.

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  • SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today Horizontal Steering Control functionality on the Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform for Soil Compactors, the industry's first automatic steering control solution for soil compactorsand the next step towards Trimble's autonomous vision.
  • Trimble Earthwork's Horizontal Steering Control automatically steers a soil compactor using a 3D model or compaction pass line.
  • In 2020, Trimble also introduced Horizontal Steering Control as part of the Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform for Dozers, another first in the construction industry.
  • Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform for Soil Compactors with Horizontal Steering Control is available now globally through the worldwide SITECH distribution channel.