Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekchips.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekcrl!tekchips!stevev From: stevev@tekchips.UUCP (Steve Vegdahl) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Ambidextrous pitchers Message-ID: <90@tekchips.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 13:04:55 EDT Article-I.D.: tekchips.90 Posted: Tue Aug 13 13:04:55 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 16:26:51 EDT References: <3550@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 18 > Switching arms during one batter - with one-sided batters, this could be useful > because it could confuse the batter enough to make up for pitching to him > from the "wrong" side. The usefulness of this against switch-hitters is > obvious, but leads to a rules question - who would get the last "switch" - > the batter or the pitcher? I suspect that there is no rule to cover this; > they would go back and forth until either one gave up or the umpire got > impatient and ordered them to stay the hell where they are. The glove > problem is tougher here, too. This subject came up several years ago in The Sporting News' "ask the referee" column. The answer given by Hal was that the batter would have the "last switch". I don't think he discussed whether the pitcher could switch on a pitch-by-pitch basis. Steve Vegdahl Computer Research Lab. Tektronix, Inc. Beaverton, Oregon