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This happened in a Cooperstown Baseball World game my son played in:
The other team's pitcher was ambidextrous...had a glove that he could wear on either hand. He would pitch with the expected hand, depending on which side the batter was on.
Trouble for him was that our team had three switch-hitters. The first one that came to the plate, the pitcher stepped back off the rubber and switched his glove. While he was doing this, the batter jumped over to the other side of the plate. The pitcher stepped back on the rubber, looked in, and realized that the batter had switched sides. So he stepped back and the entire sequence repeated itself. It was hilarious, and both teams and the umpires got a big laugh out of it all.
But of course, this could have continued all night. So the umpire took charge, told the pitcher he had to pick a hand to throw with to that batter, and things proceeded smoothly. But I think everyone there (at least on our team) realized they had seen something that they probably would never see again.
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Thanks,
Jim
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