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The Bar => Sports => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on June 21, 2008, 05:13:12 AM
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If this kid wasn't a Skankees prospect, it'd be really funny.
Ambidextrous Venditte creates a stir
Switch-pitcher causes commotion in Minor League game
By Benjamin Hill / MLB.com
06/20/2008 6:45 PM ET
What happens when an ambidextrous pitcher faces off against a switch-hitting batter?
This may sound like an abstract philosophical query along the lines of "If a tree falls in the forest..." but on Thursday night in Brooklyn, this baffling conundrum became all too real.
The Staten Island Yankees were leading the host Cyclones, 7-2, in the bottom of the ninth inning when Pat Venditte came in to close out the ballgame. Venditte, a 20th-round Draft pick who happened to be making his professional debut, is ambidextrous. The Creighton State product even uses a specially-made six-fingered glove that can be worn comfortably on either hand.
Pitching right-handed, Venditte induced a pair of groundouts to start the inning, and Nicholas Giarraputo then singled to center field to keep the game alive. This brought switch-hitter Ralph Henriquez to the plate, and that's when the fun began.
Read the rest at:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080620&content_id=2969030&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
It gets pretty good.
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I saw a thing on SportsCenter about that....was pretty cool to watch, actually!