Cat-Mouse Game btw Hitter/Pitcher

Tx-Husker,
Check this out:
http://hsbaseballweb.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6616002781/m/8841027882?

http://hsbaseballweb.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4996003481/m/5511024511?

Thanks...I didn't see that out there.

"There actually is a rule that the ump should have been enforcing - 6.06b says once the pitcher is ready to pitch, the batter may not switch sides..."

Not exactly sure how that applies though as the batter kept switching sides prior to the pitcher being ready to pitch. So it seems the hitter was within his rights to change sides prior to the pitching toeing the rubber.

You're welcome.

From fellow poster Jeremy Byrd post back in 2005:

In the MLB interpretation manual: (keep in mind in MLB there is no penalty for such actions) "After having delivered the first pitch to any batter, an ambidextrous pitcher may then switch to his opposite pitching arm only once while the same player is at bat. The batter or substitute batter is also allowed one switch after the pitcher has switched arms."

In college rule 9-2-K:

A Pitcher Cannot:

(K) Pitch both right-handed and left-handed to the same batter during a plate appearance. PENALTY: The umpire shall: (1) Call a balk with runners on (2) ball with no runners on (illegal pitch)(3)warn the pitcher or (4) eject if repeated.

A.R 1 When facing a switch hitter the ambi. pitcher shall declare the hand with which to pitch to the hitter.

A.R 2 If a pinch hitter replaces a batter during a turn at bat, the pitcher may change pitching hands.

This caught our attention especially because we saw the batter a few times in the last few years, he played on a team we followed until he was traded. My understanding was that the pitcher had to "declare" which arm he was to use and then the batter could choose which way he intended to hit. I'm sure after that incident a lot of umpires were instructed how to handle that situation.

That is really interesting - I remember Greg Harris wanting to pitch with both arms when he played with the Red Sox - but they would not let him...

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Originally posted by MClements:
That is really interesting - I remember Greg Harris wanting to pitch with both arms when he played with the Red Sox - but they would not let him...

The Rangers let him. Harris had a glove with a middle finger pocket allowing him to switch hands each hitter. MLB banned the glove and charged a visit to the mound for the delivery of the other hand glove.

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Originally posted by Innocent Bystander:
This caught our attention especially because we saw the batter a few times in the last few years, he played on a team we followed until he was traded. My understanding was that the pitcher had to "declare" which arm he was to use and then the batter could choose which way he intended to hit. I'm sure after that incident a lot of umpires were instructed how to handle that situation.

This is correct for FED...NFHS rules require a pitcher to declare which hand he will pitch with when a switchitter comes to bat....the batter can then choose what ever side he may choose to hit from....

NFHS rule 6-1-1

However in the pro game a PBUC ruling says (OBR)...a pitcher and a batter may change "handedness" only once during an at bat.

The only problem I would have was that this NY Penn crew knowing they had an ambedex pitcher potentially in the game had not brushed up on the PBUC guideline.......