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2015
Minor League with the Nashville Sounds





 Cactus League with the Athletics
By Sean Bialaszek / Golden Gate Sports, 21 March 2015

Venditte tallies first win with scoreless relief | MLB.com
By Thomas Harding / MLB.com, 20 March 2015

After 7 Years in Minors, Switch-Pitcher Pat Venditte Tries to Make MLB History
By Scott Miller, Bleacher Report‎ 18 March 2015

By Chase Foster  / The Runner Sports, 16 March 2015

By Tim Kurkjian  / ESPN.com, 15 March 2015

Switch-pitcher placed on path early by dad
By Jane Lee  / MLB.com, 10 March 2015 (video)

Switch-pitching Venditte continues to confound
Cubs' Fowler forced to change helmet after hurler elects to use left arm
By Jane Lee  / MLB.com, 6 March 2015 (video)

Steve Gardner | USA TODAY Sports, March 6, 2015

By Jesse Rogers | ESPNChicago.com, March 6, 2015

By Gordon Wittenmyer | Chicago Suntimes, 5 March 2015

By Susan Slusser | SF Gate, 5 March 2015

Venditte begins spring by recording an out with each arm
By Jane Lee / MLB.com, 4 March 2015

Switch-pitcher Pat Venditte makes spring training debut for Oakland A's
By Ted Berg, usatoday.com, 4 March 2015 (video)

Switch-pitcher Venditte the talk of A's camp
By Jerry Crasnick | ESPN, 28 Feb 2015

Venditte hopes to give A's a lefty, right punch in bullpen
By John Hickey, Inside the A's, 20 Feb 2015


2014

 Athletics sign switch-pitcher Pat Venditte
Drew Silva | HardballTalk, Nov 19, 2014

Minor League with the Yankees Organization

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Free Pat Venditte!
By John Sickels, Minor League Ball , 10 Jul 2014

2013

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Double-Barreled Action
By Howard Megdal, Sports on Earth, 30 Aug 2013



2012

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By Rob Steingall, Pinstripe Alley, 6 Mar 2012


 2011


Trenton's Venditte an Effective Switch Pitcher
By Matt Leon, CBS Philly, 4 Aug 2011 (7-minute radio interview)
RHP 88-90 , LHP 81-85 mph

 Top 10 Players from 2011 - No. 8: Pat Venditte
Minor Matters 4 Jan 2012
2010

 Yankees' Venditte uses both arms
The Call-Leader (Elwood, Indiana) 31 Mar 2010

Human Swiss Army Knife Pat Venditte 
By Steph Bee, Pinstripe Alley, 20 Sep 2010

2008

Show of hands - Venditte's unique skill poses challenge for all
By Bill Konigsberg, AP Sports Writer | Indiana Gazette (Indiana, PA) 21 Jun 2008

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Interviews


By Matt Leon, CBS Philly, 4 Aug 2011 (7-minute radio interview)

Pat Venditte Media Day - 4 April 2011

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