switch pitcher's special glove

[Eric]

Here's a story about a Yankees pitcher who throws lefty and righty and uses a six fingered glove with two webs. Nice piece for your collection

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2008/06/12/2008-06-12_ambidextrous_pitcher_pat_venditte_headed-2.html

[Fnazxc0114]

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do you think that kids dad would qualify as a baseball dad. i cant believe he traced his sons hand as a toddler in order to get a special glove made for him. crazy

[TFig27]

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What is the official rule on this. I don't think you can change arms in the middle of an at bat.

[TFig27]

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Found them:

a) The pitcher must indicate which hand he intended to use.
b) The pitcher may change arms on the next hitter but must indicate the arm to be used.
c) There will be no warmup pitches between the change of arms.
d) If an arm is injured, the pitcher may change arms and the umpire must be notified of the injury. The injured arm can not be used again in that game.

[both-teams-played-hard]

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I've always been fascinated by athletes that were amphibious.

[yanks12025]

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I throw right handed but i have tried this before and im not very good, but i like it cause im a better fielder with my other hand, It would be cool to see this kid pitch in the majors.

[allstarsplus]

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Some guys on Baseball Fever did a dual-armed throwing thread:

http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=40009

[TFig27]

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I've always been fascinated by athletes that were amphibious.

You must love Aquaman!

[Eric]

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Here's a pretty good clip. Switch pitcher versus switch hitter.

http://www.bugsandcranks.com/the-clubhouse/switch-hitter-vs-switch-pitcher/

Eric

[Nathan]

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Didn't Antonio Alfonseca have a six-fingered glove? Different reason, but still...

[bigtruck260]

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Here's a pretty good clip. Switch pitcher versus switch hitter.

http://www.bugsandcranks.com/the-clubhouse/switch-hitter-vs-switch-pitcher/

Eric

Thanks for posting the video of the year for me. That was great, and I feel for the batter...I'll bet he lost some sleep over that one.

Greg Harris was "both" handed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_A._Harris

[suave1477]

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The Yankee pitcher played last night and it ended up being pretty funny as he kept switching back and forth along with the switch hitter kept switching sides of the plate. They actually had to stop the game for about 15 minutes to see if this was legal either player of switching back and forth lol lol
SI Yankees won.

[joelsabi]

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any special gloves up for sale? i would be interested in a glove from the player in the video.

[suave1477]

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joesalibi
I spoke to the pitcher I doubt you will find any of his gloves anywhere he told me he has been using his main glove for years and it is the only one he will use and has no plans of trying anything new.
He said he does have a back up, but would only use it if for some reason something happen to his main glove. He also said he never uses his back up glove cuz it is cut a bit too small for his fingers and is not comfortable so he never wears it.

[frikativ54]

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I've always been fascinated by athletes that were amphibious.

Amphibious!?! I hope you are joking!