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Originally Posted by Jim Porter
The correct ruling on ambidexterity is that both the batter and the pitcher may switch one time per at-bat. If the pitcher switches throwing arm and the batter switches batter boxes they must stay that way for the duration of the at-bat. If a pinch hitter enters during an at-bat, then it starts all over again -- each may again switch once.
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
It's in NAPBL and MLBUM.
NCAA and FED are the rules sets that require the pitcher to "declare" (although the effect is practically the same).
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I always believed that the pitcher had to "declare" before the AB and could not change until the AB was completed. Jim's statement is allowing the pitcher to change during the AB.
