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• n  a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed
• n  slang term for a bisexual person

• The White House message factory, run by political consultant Dick Morris, a two-party switch-hitter, helped him turn that success into a full-blown strategy.
• Ordinarily no slugger, switch-hitter Jethroe has several times managed to knock the ball out of the park when a home run was what the Braves needed most, and his early-season .
• But was Shakespeare the world's only literary switch-hitter? You don't have to have read the 425 surviving plays of Lope de Vega to question such claims.

News & Articles

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• 2013 MLB Draft results: Pick Nos. 60-64
  No. 60: Riley Unroe, Tampa Bay Rays The prep player has seen his stock rise this season; Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com reports that more scouts believe that Unroe can stick at shortstop. If Unroe is unable to stay at shortstop, he is considered a strong enough defender to handle second base or center field. The shortstop is a switch-hitter who shows strong bat-speed from both sides of the plate ...
  June 7, 2013 - SB Nation

Quotes

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• Chipper Jones in USA Today
  I got a good pitch to hit and tried to come out of my shoes to hit it,Jones said. "I'm a switch-hitter, it's something that's happened to me dozens of times. Hopefully, it will just be a couple days."
• Joe Girardi in MLB.com
  We're excited with the addition of Nick Swisher,Yankees manager Joe Girardi said in a statement announcing the trade. "We feel he has a ton of upside. He's a patient switch-hitter, adds versatility at a number of defensive positions,...
• Ned Yost in Forbes
  He brings a guy that is a really, really good offensive player, a switch-hitter who can hit good pitching,Yost said of Durham. "He's a solid offensive player and he's a veteran guy that's really good with younger players. He fits right...