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 the mound, as 29-year old right/left-handed reliever Pat Venditte was called up by the Oakland Athletics this morning.
The next year, he faced Venditte in a minor-league game. Venditte pitched left-handed, so Burns hit from the right side and singled to right. Always a basestealing threat, Burns said, “I didn't steal, he was very good at holding me on. He had every
Before Friday, Pat Venditte had been best-known as the answer to a Minor League trivia question: "Hey, did you hear about the guy who pitches both right-handed and left-handed?" Now, seven years after his versatility prompted baseball to create a new
That pitcher is none other than Pat Venditte, the ambidextrous sensation who pitches with whichever hand he thinks will piss off the batter more. I would support Venditte making his long-awaited MLB debut as soon as possible just because I want to see