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Tigers' Tucker Barnhart says recommitting to switch-hitting is a priority, not a gag

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Lakeland, Fla. — Tucker Barnhart had the media scurrying to his Baseball-Reference page Tuesday morning.

After taking a couple of rounds of early batting practice hitting left-handed, he hopped over to the other side of the plate and took a few more rounds hitting right-handed.

New Tigers catcher Tucker Barnhart is reincorporating switch-hitting into his hitting repertoire.

What’s going on here? Quick check, yep, he’s listed as a left-handed hitter. So he was just messing around?