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A switch pitcher? What will they think of next. (Original Post) JeffHead Jun 2015 OP
His glove looks like it's for a mutant NightWatcher Jun 2015 #1
What happens when a switch-pitcher faces a switch-hitter? Brother Buzz Jun 2015 #2
That is one heck of a special rule for one guy. Kingofalldems Jun 2015 #3

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
1. His glove looks like it's for a mutant
Fri Jun 5, 2015, 11:23 PM
Jun 2015

He uses one glove for both catching hands. It looks like two giant thumbs and two fingers.

Brother Buzz

(36,463 posts)
2. What happens when a switch-pitcher faces a switch-hitter?
Sat Jun 6, 2015, 12:22 AM
Jun 2015



2015 Official Baseball Rule 5.07(f) (formerly 2014 OBR 8.01(f)) covers this situation:

A pitcher must indicate visually to the umpire-in-chief, the batter and any runners the hand with which he intends to pitch, which may be done by wearing his glove on the other hand while touching the pitcher's plate. The pitcher is not permitted to pitch with the other hand until the batter is retired, the batter becomes a runner, the inning ends, the batter is substituted for by a pinch-hitter or the pitcher incurs an injury. In the event a pitcher switches pitching hands during an at-bat because he has suffered an injury, the pitcher may not, for the remainder of the game, pitch with the hand from which he has switched. The pitcher shall not be given the opportunity to throw any preparatory pitches after switching pitching hands. Any change of pitching hands must be indicated clearly to the umpire-in-chie
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Kingofalldems

(38,475 posts)
3. That is one heck of a special rule for one guy.
Sun Jun 7, 2015, 12:41 PM
Jun 2015

If he's talented enough to pitch with both hands---too bad for the batter I say. Baseball is about adjustment and batters should learn to adjust.

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