Smallball & Handedness

[Munich_Man]

I will rarely have more than 2 or 3 left-handed batters. For some reason, my lineups are usually 4-5 RHH, one or two switch-hitters (Ozzie & Pendelton, most likely) and 1 or two lefties. Seems to work for me. Only caveat is if I have a Dawson type I like to have a Cooper to match him. I don't actually pay much attention to "handedness" unless I see that I have all RHH, then I like to get at least one or two lefty bats.

[Crabby Appleton]

I had an autoleague team about a year ago that played in Baker Bowl with 6 RHB, 1 LHB and 1 SHB that won 97 games and outscored the opposition by 1068 to 828. I have wondered ever since about the importance of handedness.

Of course, they lost in the semi's. :evil:

[antilles98]

Something my dad pointed out as to why pitching usually wins out over hitting I think applies to this as well. The rolls should be about 50/50 for the pitcher and hitter cards. However, you have to remember that a hitters card, even the really good ones, still have outs at aprox. 2/3 of the rolls you can get. And with the pitchers cards, the ones you will typically face, give up hit less than half the time. All the good pitchers and heavily slanted pitchers will give up very few hits on their entire cards and the better sides of their cards respectively. So for the arguments of LHH vs. RHH importance, it is better in my opinion to have a balance so those heavily slanted pitchers aren't nearly as effective against your lineup.