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Originally posted by mcrowder
I believe baseball has such a rule, to prevent the switch-pitcher from having the advantage over a switch-hitter. Pitcher has to declare which way he's pitching before hitter enters the box. It happened a few years ago in the minors, but I don't believe that guy ever surfaced in the majors.
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About 10-15 years ago, there was a Major League Baseball pitcher, I think he was named Greg Harris, who was ambidextrous. Rawlings even made a special R/L glove for him, so he could switch hands, as MLB rules would not let him switch gloves. He did have to declare before each batter which hand he would pitch with. This was not a very long-lived experiment, even though he did pitch for a few years/teams.