When you have been a Major League Baseball player for the better part of 19 years, you’ve likely seen, heard and done it all. Such is the case with Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre. But even Beltre appears confounded by one of the most unique situations in the game: the mighty switch-pitcher.
On Monday, Beltre actually faced this situation for the second time in his storied career, having to take on Pat Venditte of the Seattle Mariners. There is nothing natural about facing a pitcher that has to declare just before throwing the first pitch of each at-bat what arm he intends to the throw the ball with.
So, Beltre had a bit of fun in trying to deal with the strange situation. He decided to combat his unusual counterpart by putting his helmet on backwards for the at-bat in the fifth inning of the game.
Beltre continued to have some fun with the situation by jokingly setting up like he was going to become a switch hitter before sauntering over to his natural right-handed batters box position.
HAHAHA beltre vs venditte pic.twitter.com/e4Mb0eLrri
— nick (@nick_pants) August 30, 2016
In the end it was batter beating switch-pitcher, as Beltre knocked a double off the third pitch he saw from Venditte.
