In baseball, switch-hitters are a rare breed. Being able to bat from both sides of the plate makes it a lot easier for managers to put a player in a lineup, and they don't have to worry about facing ...

A conversation between NJ.com and a Yankees player has led to the veteran thinking about becoming a switch-hitter.

Switch hitting has become a lost art in Major League Baseball. In this piece we’ll take a closer look into a handful of switch-hitters who should drop that label. Over the years, Major League Baseball ...

Carlos Beltran, seen here in 2005, was a prolific switch-hitter who will enter the Hall of Fame this summer. Anthony J Causi Carlos Beltrán calls it a “blessing.” That Bernie Williams had gone first.

TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees reliever Fernando Cruz’s long and winding road to finally reaching the majors at age 32 officially began when the Puerto Rican was drafted by the Royals as a shortstop in 2007.

Every ballplayer has someone he wants to emulate. The Miami Marlins second baseman Xavier Edwards certainly has someone that he looked up to and wanted to be like. Edwards, currently in his fourth MLB ...

Budding switch hitters need plenty of time to learn the skill — and plenty of room to fail. "Younger kids get discouraged without immediate success and it becomes difficult to see it through to the ...