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 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
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
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.
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