These Athletes Forced Their Sports To Change The Rules

Pat Venditte

Unlike many pitches, Pat Venditte could pitch the ball with either hand. Venditte could pitch perfectly to batters who only batted with one hand, but when he faced a switch hitter, it became a problem.

In this case, the game became impossible as both the batter and pitcher would continuously switch sides until the referee intervened. Since then, the pitcher has to declare which hand he is pitching with and continue for all batting. This was then known as the Venditte Rule.