Open Letter to Bud Selig: Change your policy on switch-pitchers now

Dear Madam or Sir,

That day two years ago, when you ruled against switch-pitchers, was your rug too tight?

One professional pitcher in the universe throws from both sides. His name is Pat Venditte. He pitches for the Yankees. He may never make the majors. There may never be another. And yet -- when it came to choosing between him and a routine switch-hitter... your decision favored the hitter.

Venditte must declare which side he'll throw from -- giving the switch hitter an advantage.

CHANGE THE RULE, NOW.

Yesterday, Venditte -- a Single A pitcher -- made his debut at spring training, instantly becoming the most intriguing story in baseball. Several hitters into his outing, up came a switch-hitter -- who nobody will bother to remember. Then your rules took over, and Venditte had to declare his side, giving the hitter the advantage. 

This is absurd. Do you want to rid baseball of something unique. What is the point? To save time? THERE'S ONE SWITCH-PITCHER IN ALL OF BASEBALL; HOW MUCH TIME ARE WE GOING TO SAVE?

CHANGE THE RULING, NOW.

When once-in-a-generation switch pitcher comes along, good grief, GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

Or course, I am forgetting one thing: Common sense must be thrown overboard when Yankees are involved. And every ruling must go against the Yankees.

Who was your advisor, George Mitchell?

Yankee or not, he could be one of the great stories in sports. And yet, you favor the hitter?

Sixteen point five million dollars a year, folks. That's what he's paid.