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Switch Pitcher vs Switch Hitter - pretty funny

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OKay , what the hell did I do wrong

http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=b348a107-8fcc-4de3-bf83-30d6d2bb0586

Go Vote for Kinsler, Young, Hamilton, Bradley and write in Murphy. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2008/ballot_reg.html - Vote up to 25 times on as many email accounts as you can think of!

by LBBRangerFan on Jun 20, 2008 1:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Holy shit...

a switch pitcher?

That is a whole new level of ambidexterity.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Jun 20, 2008 2:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I have never even heard of such a beast..

Go Vote for Kinsler, Young, Hamilton, Bradley and write in Murphy. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2008/ballot_reg.html - Vote up to 25 times on as many email accounts as you can think of!

by LBBRangerFan on Jun 20, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here is a link

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080620&content_id=420873&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

I remember reading about this guy in his college days. Very cool stuff.

I remember Greg Harris (who I think pitched for the Rangers for a couple of years in the ‘80s) was ambidextrous and often talked about switch pitching, but I don’t know if he ever did. I think this guy is special because he can pitch pretty well with both arms. Its one thing to be able to write your name with both hands… but to have the freakish skill in both arms to be able to pitch competitively? Amazing.

by JBImaknee on Jun 20, 2008 6:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I was right on both accounts

http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrigr01.shtml

Apparently one game Harris did alternate arms (noted after his name)

by JBImaknee on Jun 20, 2008 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Interesting

I think the olde time baseball rules said the pitcher had to tell the batter which hand he was pitching with.

by SteveP on Jun 27, 2008 5:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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