Less than 24 hours after the Staten Island Yankees arrived in New York, Pat Venditte's new teammates got a bit of a laugh when they walked past his locker in the clubhouse and saw the Omaha native with a reporter on either side.

"He's a celebrity," one fellow Baby Bomber chuckled. "He pitches with both arms."

For a 20th-round draft pick who had yet to make his first professional appearance at the time, Venditte had certainly made quite a splash since being selected by the Yankees on June 6. Venditte's almost unheard of ability to pitch with either arm has landed the Creighton alum interviews on XM satellite radio and on Ed Randall's program on WFAN, as well as an appearance in the pages of the Daily News.

When Venditte made his professional debut against Brooklyn last Thursday, it turned into SportsCenter fodder, as switch-hitting Cyclones catcher Ralph Henriquez tried to throw him off by stepping in on either side of the plate.

Full Article from the NY Daily News HERE.