Ankiel rocks!

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Great catch yesterday!
http://images.stltoday.com/stltoday/resources/ankiel460may15.jpg

[Consider This]

Another vote for human growth hormone! Yay!

[Brooklyn]

Not a Cards fan (but not a Cards hater), but I'm truly happy to see him have the success he's having.

How many athletes can make an adjustment like that (from pitcher to another positional player - and one where hitting is an important part) and STAY at the professional level?

It's a short list.

One guy I'm hoping to make the big leagues sometime soon is ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte, a Senior this year at Creighton University.

http://www.gocreighton.com/pics12/400/MO/MOTANWMBVPMDVAM.20070806192350.jpghttp://www.gocreighton.com/pics12/400/UA/UAGVGWQVZVXNCZT.20070806184028.jpg

:cheers:

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That's awsome!!! Could you imagine the switching going on during a game? You send up a right handed batter, he switches to Righty and vice versa? Or if you have a switch-hitter up. Both of them switching after every pitch? :D

[Brooklyn]

That's awsome!!! Could you imagine the switching going on during a game? You send up a right handed batter, he switches to Righty and vice versa? Or if you have a switch-hitter up. Both of them switching after every pitch? :D

That's exactly what I said to a co-worker of mine when I first heard about the guy. Although, I think (I may be wrong) that there is a rule that states the batter cannot switch sides of the plate once he reaches 2 strikes.

But yeah, they'd have to institute some sort of rule - like the home team gets last change (kind of like hockey with line changes). :)

[Randy Steinman]

2007 CSTV report on Vindette can be found here. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=8U2xkHOTvvw)

Unfortunately, I've heard that his stuff is not MLB-material. From either side.

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Thanks for that Randy! Let's see if the Salukis can hit him in the MVC tournament starting today in Wichita!

[Hammond Egger]

That's exactly what I said to a co-worker of mine when I first heard about the guy. Although, I think (I may be wrong) that there is a rule that states the batter cannot switch sides of the plate once he reaches 2 strikes.



I read over the MLB rule book, and the only thing I could find was that the batter cannot switch sides when the pitcher starts his pitching motion. Otherwise, I believe the batter can switch sides as many times as he pleases during his at bat.

[Brooklyn]

I read over the MLB rule book, and the only thing I could find was that the batter cannot switch sides when the pitcher starts his pitching motion. Otherwise, I believe the batter can switch sides as many times as he pleases during his at bat.

Hmmm, OK. Thanks for clarifying that. Not sure where I had heard what I did, but it was a long time ago. I guess I hadn't seen a batter do it in a game before either to verify if it was accurate or not, either.

Thanks again! :cheers:

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That's awsome!!! Could you imagine the switching going on during a game? You send up a right handed batter, he switches to Righty and vice versa? Or if you have a switch-hitter up. Both of them switching after every pitch? :D

Well it happened yesterday!!

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/switch-hitter-meets-switch-pitcher-in-minors-18379

[Brooklyn]

Well it happened yesterday!!

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/switch-hitter-meets-switch-pitcher-in-minors-18379

See my post (#3) in this thread...he was the pitcher! :)

[Diggin' Bear]

Let's see Venditte pitch like THIS:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sSPw_9GX9HI&feature=related

[Brooklyn]

Let's see Venditte pitch like THIS:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sSPw_9GX9HI&feature=related

Hey...as a fan of the Yankees organization (which Venditte is now a member), I'm thankful he doesn't pitch like this...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VwFgpPvK0aU

:shifty:

[Kace]

Now that's a high quality insincere smile right there.

[jrat33]

He wasn't so great in center against the Sox yesterday.