The Main Problems
First off, the broken bat at the top symbolizes the problems of the baseball light; the lights didn't actually break bats. Some of the main problems were explained in the article from the book, players had to bat and throw very carefully. Player would lose the ball in the bright light and actually run away sometimes to avoid being hit. Also, the spectators got bored because they could not see or find the ball. Also, many people thought the idea of night time baseball games was crazy and stupid.