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Originally Posted by Nick Koan

Switch pitcher vs. switch hitter. This at bat created a new rule apparently. The video is 8 minutes long, and may only be interesting to baseball fans, but I found it incredibly amusing.

YouTube- Switch Hitter VS Switch Pitcher Pat Venditte

I heard about this but never saw the video.

What's the rule BTW? Isn't it something dumb like the pitcher has to declare his side two times, then the batter, and back and forth or something retarded?

IMO, the batter is the guy that has to be "ready" before the pitcher is allowed to throw, so the batter should always have to pick a side first. Then once the pitcher's picked his hand, they're not allowed to change for the length of the at-bat. That seems the most traditionally fair. Sure the batter's at a little bit of a disadvantage... but hell, he's facing a switch pitcher, he should be at a disadvantage!