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Why are left-handed people called "south paws"?
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#61083. Asked by my_baby_love.
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romeomikegolf
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To minimize the handicap of having to squint into the sun, most baseball diamonds were laid out with the direction of pitcher to batter (note to UK: bowler to batsman) east to west. A left-handed pitcher, therefore had his throwing arm on the south side. Slangy newspaper writers shortened that to southpaw.
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JoshCaleb12
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That explanation is considered a traditional one, with the notation that it is dubious, on the following website...
http://www.answers.com/topic/baseball-slang
Incidently, Wikipedia has exactly the same information with just a word or two changed here and there.
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Baloo55th
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As it's the season of peace and goodwill, I won't remind RMG that people in the UK can understand most Americanisms but....
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my_baby_love
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Actually, I liked Rocky's explanation better.
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