Howard Rebhun
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Howard Rebhun
source: The Bristol Press |
Hometown: Bristol, CT
Bristol Central HS (Class of 2019)
Summer Team:
Knights 14U
Positions: P, 2B, 3B
Bats: Right
Throws: Both
Glove: Six-fingered Ambidextrous glove
Howard Rebhun is listed as a right-handed pitcher, second and third baseman on his summer team roster. A natural righty, he only bats right-handed.
“I just wanted to be different from everyone else.” — Howard Rebhun, the 14-year-old member of the New England Knights who can pitch with either his left or right arm.
A news article states that Rebhun
was inspired by Pat Venditte to switch pitch in games.
Bristol Central freshman is ambidextrous pitcher
Posted on Sep 2, 2015
by Robert Montgomery
It’s not often that you see a baseball pitcher throw with both his right and left arms, as seen with first-year Oakland A’s pitcher Pat Vendetti. Well, Bristol has such a fellow, too, in Bristol Central freshman Howard Rebhun, whom I met recently.
The son of David and Nancy Rebhun of Bristol, he started baseball as a five-year-old right-handed hurler. Then, four years later, he also started tossing from his left side and today he’s almost equal performance-wise from each side.
“I just wanted to be different from everyone else,” Rebhun said. “I throw a little faster on my right side, but otherwise pitch equally well.”
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