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From: rhoads@oasys.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: RE: Ambidextrous Pitchers
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Date: Wed, 28-Aug-85 19:41:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 28 19:41:22 1985
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> I'm not sure about any of this; maybe somebody else is . . .
> 
>  - Wasn't Early Wynn an ambidextrous pitcher who did pitch both ways?
> 

Good Question.  Don't know.

>  - Isn't there a rule which says a pitcher must use the same arm for the
>    entire game?
> 

There is no such rule.  A pitcher may switch every pitch if he desires,
but may only have one glove.

>  - After the first pitch in any at-bat, doesn't the hitter have to continue
>    to bat from that side of the plate for the remainder of that at-bat?
> 

No.  However, the batter may not "jump" the plate once the pitchers steps
on the rubber.  He may however ask for a time out and switch sides if the
ump gives it to him.  (What if he leaves the batter's box and runs behind
the ump though, without the ump calling time?  Of course, he had better
not miss the pitch if that happens.) 

> 
> Many thanks - and GO CUBS !!!
>

Go BRAVES.  OK, OK, how about Go Dale Murphy?
 
> Dave Van Handel
> drutx!djvh
> 
>  I will also add that Denver deserves a baseball team; the weather here is
> far better for baseball than the weather was in Milwaukee when I lived there.

I second that motion!!!!
-- 

Rhoads Hollowell    {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires![oasys!]rhoads

"I knew I shoulda made dat left turn at Alburqurque!!"
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