Ambidextrous Pitcher vs Switch Hitter in NY Penn League

[NittanyOsFan]

Here's something you don't see everyday. In the Staten Island Yankees vs Brooklyn Cyclones game today Pat Venditte, a recently drafted ambidextrous pitcher, faced off against a switch hitter.

The two went back and forth switching sides until the umps finally had a conference and decided they could each only change sides once.

There's no rule in the MLB rulebook about this situation, but there was a rule in the Professional Baseball Umpire Corporation's rulebook that they used to rectify the situation.

Might be interesting want MLB finally decides to use as a rule for this situation.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080620&content_id=420873&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

Here's a pretty funny video of the whole crazy situation.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w=http%3A//mfile.akamai.com/14668/wmv/milb.download.akamai.com/14668/2008/ss/sta/video/061908_stabro_b9_switch_pitcher.wmv&type=v_free&_mp=1

[orayole]

I thought MLB did have a rule. I believe this situation happened many years ago. The way I thought the rule went in MLB was that the pitcher can only pitch from one side per inning. Or maybe it was per batter. I heard a story about it so I don't know.

Edit: Silly me just read the article. Says there is no rule. Eh. I know I heard the story before.

[RAVENSFAN1]

i don't know the exact rule but i know their is a rule in baseball for the hitter.

i believe he can't switch once the at-bat starts