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Yes.  This was discussed in the past, when the ambidextrious pitcher was in the news. If I remember correctly, the pitcher would change which hand he was going to pitch with, the batter would change box, the pitcher would change hands, etc.  That wound up with the pitcher has to declare which hand he is going to use to pitch.  However, I do not believe it limited the ability of the batter to change boxes. 

Thanks for the replies. But seriously, how many ambidextrous pitchers can there be?

 

I was thinking it could be used as an (ahem) bush league play where a (at least nominally) switch-hitting batter could swap sides to get in the head of a pitcher who is having control issues. I'd certainly ridicule that sort of thing, which led me to wonder if it is even allowed.

This happened in Washington State in a HS playoff game a few years ago.  Pitcher switched arms, batter switched boxes and back forth they went until the umpire stopped play and made them choose.  This led to a rule change in Washington permitting one change per batter/hitter per inning. The pitcher was Drew Vettleson, a rising prospect in the Tampa Rays system (OF).  He was a fine HS pitcher and threw both right and left.

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