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When Can Switch Hitter Change Batter’s Boxes?

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Rule of the Week: When can a switch-hitter switch sides at the plate?

Topics: Batter, Blog, Rule of the Week

Last week we talked about switch-pitchers. This week, we’ll discuss a much more common phenomenon: the switch-hitter. When can a switch-hitter switch sides at the plate? Whenever he wants to! Unlike the pitcher, the batter can switch continuously from the left to the right side of the plate during the same at-bat. However, there is…

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