http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ambidextrous Posts tagged with 'ambidextrous' at MetaFilter. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:20:15 -0800 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:20:15 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/72670/Ambidexterity%2Dvs%2Dambidexterity In May 2006, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/51313/Pat-Venditte-is-an-ambidextrous-pitcher">we discussed switch pitcher Pat Venditte on MetaFilter</a>. Many wondered: what kind of bizarre game-theoretic catastrophe would occur when the switch pitcher faced a switch hitter? Two years later, <a href="http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=8b70d381-952f-4b12-8d10-b5b522237e45">it has come to pass.</a> (video) tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72670 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:20:15 -0800 ambidextrous baseball cyclones hitter mets pitcher switch venditte yankees escabeche http://www.metafilter.com/51313/Pat%2DVenditte%2Dis%2Dan%2Dambidextrous%2Dpitcher <a href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&amp;c=Article&amp;pubid=968163964505&amp;cid=1146174636780&amp;col=1053692575155&amp;call_page=TSS_Main&amp;call_pageid=968867503640&amp;call_p">Pat Venditte is an ambidextrous pitcher.</a> He's not quite in the Big Leagues, but <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ambidextrous_Pitchers">pitching with both arms</a> is extremely rare. The last time it happened in the Majors was <a href="http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=mlb_20000303_holtzman_cols&team_id=mlb">1995</a>. Before that it was <a href="http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/Mullane_Tony.stm">1893</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51313 Mon, 01 May 2006 12:26:09 -0800 ambidextrous baseball pitcher turbodog