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From: [email protected] (Todd Knuth)
Subject: Re: Southpaw?
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In article [email protected], [email protected] (Underdog ) writes:
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>Can anyone out there tell me why they call left-handed pitchers
I dont know about the story but it comes from the fact that in most stadiums, the batter faces northeast and so when
a pitcher is on the mound, his left arm is to the south, hence the term.
>"Southpaw"?
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>Also the story on how the term originated.
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>Thanks!!
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>Go Cubs!
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>Prediction: They will finish over .500 this year without winning the East.
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