Newspaper celebrates MLB's first amphibious pitcher [Not a joke]

sbnation ^ | 6/8/15 | Bill Hanstock

[SoFloFreeper]

Look, everyone is excited about Pat Venditte. But we can't be too busy to fact-check things like "the word for someone who can use both hands equally well."

[SoFloFreeper]

This is the face of "news" today--unable to use a dictionary, ignorant of history, and without an ability to discern right and wrong.

[rarestia]

Howard Ulman, AP reporter... probably a “journalism school” graduate.

[dainbramaged]

He doesn’t look like an amphibian.

[Interesting Times]

This is the face of "news" today--unable to use a dictionary, ignorant of history, and without an ability to discern right and wrong.

Not to mention right and left.

[Swordmaker]

Is he French?

[Tennessee Nana]

waterlogged ???

Platypus duck ???

or is he just ambidextrous ???

some of us southpaws are that...

[VRWCarea51]

No but he swam there once. Used both arms. Didn’t use his gills however.

[jaydubya2]

[DoodleDawg]

I don't know. Are you sure Vednitte doesn't live on land and in water?

[smokingfrog]

I used to play baseball. Never made it to the big leagues though.

[Proud2BeRight]

He should be good catching a fly.

[houeto]

For some strange reason I have this strong urge to invite JoeProBono to this thread!

Amphibious pitcher?!? LMAO!

[SoFloFreeper]

I am betting the headline was written not by Ulman but by some local newspaper editor.

[Graybeard58]

I’d give my left arm to be ambidextrous.

[smokingfrog]

[chimera]

That’s just a Yogi-ism (”He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.”).

[pioneerstakethearrows]

I believe editors write the headlines. Still, not an excuse. From what I can see, Ulman used the correct word in the early part if his column.

[smokingfrog]

+1

[Salamander]

It’s about time that my people had a sports figure hero.

[S.O.S121.500]

And the sheep let these people pick their rulers........