Episode 6 -- Pat Venditte

Pat Venditte is the most unique pitcher in professional baseball. He's ambidexterous. He's not a switch hitter. He's a switcher pitcher. Yes, he throws left-handed *and* right-handed, usually in the same game.

In episode 6 of the “Life Around the Seams” podcast, we learn the story of how Pat's father had this idea of making him a switch-pitcher, when he realized throwing with both arms was not normal, the confusion it caused to some, the challenge of learning to pitch with both arms, the advantages it creates, how few options he had leaving high school, getting a chance at Creighton with both arms, his hilarious professional debut that inspired a rule to be named after him, when he nearly quit baseball in the minors, why he needed to reinvent himself after injuries, and what it was like making a Major League debut that was unlike anything we've seen in decades.