Left-and-righthandness in baseball question

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06 Jun 2014, 6:07 am

This won't be a poll, but even if you don't know baseball, I ask this Q: Which hand do you use to throw, and which side of the plate do you bat from?

Me, I bat and throw both right-handed.


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06 Jun 2014, 6:16 am

I am naturally left handed; when I was growing up I had 3 older brothers who were all right handed. When they taught me to bat they taught me to bat right handed like them. So I throw left handed and bat right handed.



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06 Jun 2014, 6:35 pm

Right-handed all the way.



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07 Jun 2014, 3:34 pm

Right handed both ways.

I was a pretty good baseball player growing up and at one point I foxed with switch-hitting briefly, but it was way too awkward. I could hit balls down the tube left handed, but I couldn't fight off or spray pitches that were high or on the outside corner.

Normal/right handed, bat control and coordination was the best part of my game, so I had to stick with what worked.


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10 Jun 2014, 12:45 pm

Even if you don't play baseball, I'm curious to all the WPers what your dexterity in baseball is. :)


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