Ambidextrous pitcher + switch-hitter = confusion
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:19 pm
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3455201
Man, what a strange sequence! Next time they will definitely remember that rule about the pitcher declaring the arm he intends to use. Would have been fun to see though, that's for sure.
NEW YORK -- Ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte can confound hitters -- and umpires -- when he's on the mound.
The umps working a game Thursday night between the Class-A Staten Island Yankees and the Brooklyn Cyclones had nothing to go by when Venditte made his professional debut, less than two weeks after getting drafted in the 20th round by the Yankees.
He pitched the ninth, and after retiring two batters and allowing a single, a switch-hitter stepped to the plate for Brooklyn. That's hardly unusual. But it becomes intriguing against Venditte, a switch pitcher.
Man, what a strange sequence! Next time they will definitely remember that rule about the pitcher declaring the arm he intends to use. Would have been fun to see though, that's for sure.