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Custom Baseball and Softball Backstops Supply and Installation

Baseball backstop netting systems are our bread and butter. MNS has been installing custom backstops since opening day! They are numerous factors to consider when designing each system. To begin, who is playing on the field. For example, MNS will suggest a 40 or 50 above ground level netting system for a high school varsity baseball team. Heavy hitters need extra protection so it is advantageous to go with a taller pole. If you are looking to reduce your cost ask us about our extended 30 above ground level systems. MNS can create a full system with the addition of a chain-link fence behind home plate. You could add colored padding or school spirited windscreen to the chain-link fence along with cushioned soft guard or fence guard on the fence top rails for added visibility and protection to give off a big-league look. Our veteran netting experts create innovative mounting techniques that provide the cleanest and most functional systems in the industry.

If you are considering more foul ball protection, ​MNS provides the ultimate spectator protection utilizing heavy-duty steel poles in any configuration. We can supply and install a standard 4-pole or custom pullback baseball backstop cage netting systems at any height, length, or custom configuration.  Let us help you design the safest and cosmetically pleasing facility possible.

Midwest Netting Solutions, LLC supplies and installs baseball and golf sports netting systems, windscreen and privacy screens, indoor and outdoor batting cages, baseball backstops,  electronic and retractable curtain systems,  indoor and outdoor protective padding, litter control and dust visual systems. 

What is baseball netting?
Regulation softball and baseball backstop netting. MNS manufactures backstop batting nets for baseball using 1 7/8" (48mm) square mesh. This is the strongest netting for baseball and softball ball impact. Baseball netting and backstop netting has a break strength in excess of 150lbs. 3mm thick. All nets are weather resistant and are made to last about 5 to 10 years.
How much does baseball netting cost?
Various sources indicate a 100×50 feet section of baseball netting, which would be roughly sufficient in most parks to extend netting one section on either side of the existing netting, will cost roughly $12,000 to $14,000. Most of the cost is placing posts many feet into the ground.
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What are baseball nets made of?
MNS nets are made from DuPont grade 66-728 Twisted Knotted Nylon. UV Protected/weather treated, durable tar finishing. Nylon and polypropylene are durable and resistant to stress, but polypropylene is moisture and stronger than nylon..
What is HDPE baseball netting? Should we buy it. NO.
HDPE is high density poly-ethylene. HDPE has a high strength to density ratio.  HDPE in netting will not hold up to extreme persistent weather elements including heat, dryness or snow. ... Typically HDPE is used in plastic bottles, corrosion resistant piping and plastic lumber.
How long does baseball netting last?
MNS nets are commercial grade quality.  When properly installed our baseball nets may last up 10 years. Noncommercial grade nets are less than half the cost.
How tall is a baseball backstop?
MNS baseball backstop nets are circular in design and are high enough retain foul balls and poorly placed pitches. The regulation height, for high school ballparks and beyond, the backstop should be at least 25 feet tall.
What is #42 netting?
#42 Knotted Nylon Sports Barrier Netting from Twisted-Knotted Nylon. UV and Weather Treated to last indoors or outdoors. Hung on the square this netting has a mesh size of 1-7/8″. Each baseball backstop Net is reinforced with a 5/16″ rope border with a spring clip at each corner.
 
What is a backstop netting?
A baseball backstop is made from the netting behind home plate. Baseball backstops stop the ball from leaving the field. The backstop's purpose is to protect spectators from getting hurt by foul balls or even baseball bats that players through after hitting the ball.
How do you build a baseball backstop?
The backstop should have three sections.
A long side that is about 15 feet wide that will be perpendicular to the line created by the pitcher's mound and home plate.
Two more on either side should be at least 10 feet wide, and should be angled toward the base paths at approximately a 120-degree angle, or parallel to the foul lines. 
Depending on where you are in the US, 20-25 feet from front of home plate to the first point of the permanent backstop and recommended minimum of 40 feet.  
If less than 40 feet, the area six feet either side of the center of a line drawn from the mound through the plate shall be padded to deaden a deflecting ball.
Such padding may be accomplished with a minimum of 2” closed cell foam padding.  Backstop should not be of a design that the top or deflecting portion of the fence extends over the radius in the field diagram that encircles the batter’s box. (26’ diameter)
How do you install sports netting?
Netting installation hardware for batting cages or backstop netting installation begins with running the aircraft cable from pole to pole. Securing the cable to itself with cable clamps. After that is done, tension the cable with a turnbuckle. Add spring clips to the rope border of the net every 2 feet apart.
How do you measure a batting cage net?
The typical size of a batting cage net is 70 feet long by 14 feet wide by 12 feet high. This standard allows enough room for players to avoid creating back-swing contact with the netting. When it comes to an athlete's size, the distance between the pitcher's mound and home plate can differ.

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