[IBL] V is for Venditte

[Sean Sweda]

The MLB rule requires Venditte to declare which arm he's using at the beginning of the AB. The hitter is then allowed to choose which side to hit from.  If you want to see this in action watch what happens before Swihart's AB in Venditte's first appearance.

Sean
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> Kevin Greenberg <greenbergk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> MLB is letting the batter select the side and then Venditte picks.  So we should let the offensive manager designate if he so chooses.  If not, let the defensive manager.  
> 
>> On Friday, June 5, 2015, Russell Peltz <peltz38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> That's fairly straightforward.
>> 
>> I'm more worried about how to treat him for rest purposes.
>> Do we have to track how many batters he faced with each hand?
>> 
>> Could his left arm require a day of rest, but not his right arm?
>> 
>> From: Sean Sweda <sweda at ibl.org>
>> To: Nelson Lu <nlu at me.com>; Members <members at ibl.org> 
>> Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 6:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [IBL] V is for Venditte
>> 
>> Venditte will get a single card with "S" listed as the way he throws.  For LH or RH batters he would be required to pitch from the same side as the batter (e.g. considered throwing RH to a RHB), since that's what's going to happen in the vast majority of his MLB matchups.  This is functionally the same as how we treat switch hitters, except they obviously are required to hit from the opposite side as the pitcher.  When Venditte faces a switch hitter the simplest solution would be to require the defensive manager to pick a side from which to throw and then require the switch hitter to hit from the opposite side.
>> 
>> Sean
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