What Happens When a Switch Hitter Meets a Switch Pitcher [VIDEO]

Most baseball fans are aware of a switch hitter, a guy who can bat right or left, but how about a switch pitcher?  The Yankees' farm team in Staten Island have a pitcher, Pat Venditte, who can pitch with both hands.  He has a special glove with six fingers and two pockets or webs  so he use it on either hand too.  Check out this video as he battles a switch hitter, Ralph Henriquez of the Brooklyn Cyclones.

Venditte is listed as the only active professional pitcher with this ability.  He has now made his way to Double A baseball and plays for the Trenton Thunder.  This encounter in the video actually occurred in 2008 and led to the Umpire's Association creating the Venditte Rule which states:

• The pitcher must visually indicate to the umpire, batter and runner(s) which way he will begin pitching to the batter. Engaging the rubber with the glove on a particular hand is considered a definitive commitment to which arm he will throw with. The batter will then choose which side of the plate he will bat from.
• The pitcher must throw one pitch to the batter before any "switch" by either player is allowed.
• After one pitch is thrown, the pitcher and batter may each change positions one time per at-bat. For example, if the pitcher changes from right-handed to left-handed and the batter then changes batter's boxes, each player must remain that way for the duration of that at-bat (unless the offensive team substitutes a pinch hitter, and then each player may again "switch" one time).
• Any switch (by either the pitcher or the batter) must be clearly indicated to the umpire.
• There will be no warm-up pitches during the change of arms.
• If an injury occurs the pitcher may change arms but not use that arm again during the remainder of the game.