BOSTON — The Oakland Athletics on Friday called up a 29-year-old reliever named Pat Venditte. Why is that something you should care about? Well, Venditte isn't your ordinary pitcher. If he sees game action for the A's, who Switch-pitcher Pat Venditte made his big-league debut tonight at Fenway, and pitched a nearly perfect sixth inning—retiring … Read more
One look at new Oakland A's pitcher Pat Venditte's glove and you might think he has an extra appendage. It has six finger slots. But that's not to accommodate an extraordinary hand; it's to accommodate an extraordinary skill. Venditte is a switch With the Oakland Athletics calling up Pat Venditte will be the first regular … Read more
With the Oakland Athletics calling up Pat Venditte will be the first regular switch-pitcher to appear in a major league game since 1894, according to Chris Jones writing for ESPN.com. Venditte's first opponents, the Boston Red comes to switch-pitching, it's a different story. For the first time in 20 years, an ambidextrous hurler will take … Read more