Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

Didn't know this trivia...
Left handed pitchers are called 'southpaws' because early baseball stadiums were built so the right-handed batter faced east. This was because the sun wouldn't be in the batter's eyes. Early baseball games were played during only during the day. When the left-handed pitcher stood on the mound, his arm throwing arm was facing south.

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Delivery Boy...

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Delivery Boy...

Id like to weigh in on the insurance thing as well;

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So instead of getting essentially 3 for my participation, Im now down to 2...

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Chuck1234 wrote:Didn't know this trivia...
Left handed pitchers are called 'southpaws' because early baseball stadiums were built so the right-handed batter faced east. This was because the sun wouldn't be in the batter's eyes. Early baseball games were played during only during the day. When the left-handed pitcher stood on the mound, his arm throwing arm was facing south.

Sincerely,
Delivery Boy...

So.......why weren't right-handed pitchers nick-named "northpaws?"

Musial6 wrote:

Chuck1234 wrote:Didn't know this trivia...
Left handed pitchers are called 'southpaws' because early baseball stadiums were built so the right-handed batter faced east. This was because the sun wouldn't be in the batter's eyes. Early baseball games were played during only during the day. When the left-handed pitcher stood on the mound, his arm throwing arm was facing south.

Sincerely,
Delivery Boy...

So.......why weren't right-handed pitchers nick-named "northpaws?"

B/C canines always pee to the north so a northpaw would essentially be piss-
also known as a, well I cant say it here.

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Sincerely,
Delivery Boy...

Sooooo, if Ty Cobb actually faced north when batting, wouldn't he be a yankee?

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Delivery Boy...

Salty wrote:

Musial6 wrote:

Chuck1234 wrote:Didn't know this trivia...
Left handed pitchers are called 'southpaws' because early baseball stadiums were built so the right-handed batter faced east. This was because the sun wouldn't be in the batter's eyes. Early baseball games were played during only during the day. When the left-handed pitcher stood on the mound, his arm throwing arm was facing south.

Sincerely,
Delivery Boy...

So.......why weren't right-handed pitchers nick-named "northpaws?"

B/C canines always pee to the north so a northpaw would essentially be piss-
also known as a, well I cant say it here.

Are you pulling my paw?

Musial6 wrote:Are you pulling my paw?

My dog only has 3 paws, so we are careful not to pull any
my understanding is that dogs do always pee facing north.