| Show NEW RULE CAUSING TROUBLE Difficult for Umpire to Determine Whether Batter Tried to Dodge a Wild Pitch. The new rule making the ball dead If It hits the bat when a batter is dodging dodg-ing a bad pitch is already causing trouble. The umpire's judgment as to whether the batter tried to dodge decides de-cides and of course that judgment is disputed according to the advantage gained by the teams playing. F.very time some batters hit a foul now or an easy grounder to the infield they claim they were trying to dodge a wild pitch. |