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From: tknuth@bio.ri.ccf.org (Todd Knuth)
Subject: Re: Southpaw?
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 17:27:19 GMT
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In article 9IJ@news.cso.uiuc.edu, rap50204@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (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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