OBR Ambidexterous pitcher

[kraine27]

Creighton University just this past season had a pitcher who wore a five fingered glove and would regularly switch left handed to right handed pitching depending on the batter. As has previously been stated in this thread, the pitcher does have to declare what side he will be pitching from AND has to remain that way for the entire at bat. The batter, on the other hand may switch boxes between pitches as long as he is not making a travisity of the game.

[Tim C]

A "travesty" of the game can only occur, by rule, if a player runs the bases in reverse order.

A "better" term in your post would have been "cause undo delay."

Regards,

[cbfoulds]

Originally Posted by mbyron

By "actual game sitch" do you mean some action explicitly provided for in the rules? Petitio principii.

Noooo...
Nice try. You know that I mean something that actually happens in real games. Not "How many umpires can lobster-claw an out on the head of a bat.." -style TWP "examples".

Can you name one real-world baseball situation where there is a prohibition based on the absence of a rule permitting the action?

FWIW my teenage son thinks that "fortifying one's position" on the bases would be "cool".

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by PWL

The words "travesty of the game" are actually twice used in the FED rule book.

The first time is 8-4-2-n. (the easy one)

Can anyone name the second?

Actually, 8-4-2n is the second time the words are used. The first time they are used is in Rule 8-2 APPEAL PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES, #6 - More Than One Appeal. Multiple appeals are permitted as long as they do not become a travesty of the game.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by PWL

We have a winner. People always get so fixated that the words "travesty of the game" is only used for running the bases in reverse order. They seem to forget the multiple appeals on every play and what a "travesty of the game" it makes alslo.....................

Yeah, it really gets annoying with all those multiple appeals on every play...happens every time I turn around...what a travesty indeed.

[JJ]

[QUOTE=kraine27]Creighton University just this past season had a pitcher who wore a five fingered glove and would regularly switch left handed to right handed pitching depending on the batter. QUOTE]

This is the pitcher I saw this summer in several games. He was the 2nd ambidexterous pitcher I've ever seen, and the first who was equally as fluid and effective from the left side as the right. His glove was custom made.

JJ