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Thanks to bugsandcranks.com for posting and swamper motownwingnut for linking to this entertaining minor league baseball moment.

A switch pitcher for the Staten Island Yankees faced a switch hitter for the Brooklyn Cyclones. They danced for a few minutes before umpires and coaches got together to sort the whole mess out. While the rule governing the issue was never really declared on the television broadcast, the pitcher was made to throw righthanded to the righthanded hitting batter – who then quickly struck out.

The NY Times had a full article on Pat Venditte, the switch pitcher, last year and in it they reference the rule declaring the pitcher has to declare which arm he intends to throw with. I’m pretty certain that same rule applies to batters as well. If one can’t switch in between an at-bat, the other shouldn’t be able to either.

Here’s the 40 second clip from espn but the entire at bat can be seen here. It’s eight minutes long.