You don't see this very often.

All.....to provide direction on whether the batter can switch sides when he is at bat the rule is as folows: Pro Rule and NFHS: yes, as long as the batter doesn't do it when the pitcher is in contact with the rubber ("ready to pitch"), if that happens then the batter is out. Note, this does not address the # of times the batter can do this in the same at bat.

Switch Hitter vs Switch Pitcher (Video)

I forget which way they went, but they decided that either the hitter or pitcher has to declare before the at bat which side they will use.

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The election at the start of the at bat is the guidance given the umpires to "prevent" a batter from being called out and from the whole incident being turned a violation of the spirit of the rule. They probably should have exercised that with the first incident of switching. RULE: after throwing the first pitch of the at bat, a pitcher may then switch to the other arm only once while the same player is at bat. The batter is also allowed only one switch after the pitcher has switched arms. PLEASE NOTE: my earlier post did not address the pitcher switching hands, only the batter switching boxes.

So Horning is a switch hitter or did he just move to the right hand side this one time due to the pain? Thats pretty impressive regardless.

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So Horning is a switch hitter or did he just move to the right hand side this one time due to the pain? Thats pretty impressive regardless.

Shawn, he is a switch hitter. Currently hitting 400 lefty and 667 righty.