Joel BakerIt’s looking like it’s going to be a beautiful day for #baseball #AtTheNat in #vancouver
Might as well play 2 😁
I’m really looking forward to seeing Cijntje starting for the Aquasox in game 1. It’s not every day you get to see a switch handed pitcher live.
angela_underscoreI think that there is a rule similar to switch hitters (once they step in the box they have to hit from that side for the entire AB) that once pitchers throw to a batter, they have to keep that hand for the AB.
@angela_underscore yep, he can’t change it during an AB. I don’t remember who has to pick first when he faces a switch hitter though.
Not that matters today since I don’t think the C’s have any
With nothing more productive to do on a Sunday…
Apparently a minor league pitcher and batter spent ten minutes switching back and forth. Which led to “the “Pat Venditte Rule,” OBR 5.07(f) requires an ambidextrous pitcher to choose a side before the batter steps to the plate.”
Source:
https://baseballrulesacademy.com/rule-week-switch-pitchers/
Rule of the Week: Switch-Pitchers - Baseball Rules Academy
You probably know at least one left-handed person. One out of every ten people is left-handed…and only 1% of the population is truly ambidextrous. In the Major Leagues, however, the numbers are a little different: off the top of your head, you can probably name several leftys easily. After all, more than 25% of the...