http://www.survivinggrady.com/2012/11/the-advantages-of-being-left-handed-in-baseball.html A Blog of Unhealthy Red Sox Obsession Fri, 24 May 2013 02:46:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.survivinggrady.com/2012/11/the-advantages-of-being-left-handed-in-baseball.html#comment-110974 noisyking Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:51:08 +0000 http://www.survivinggrady.com/?p=12350#comment-110974 kurt Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks!
And please do.

]]> http://www.survivinggrady.com/2012/11/the-advantages-of-being-left-handed-in-baseball.html#comment-110973 kurt Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:16:09 +0000 http://www.survivinggrady.com/?p=12350#comment-110973 noisyking As I understand it, the reason lefties are at an advantage in pitching, too, is that batters, by training and experience, build their swings for what they’re going to face most often. If most pitchers were lefties they’d train for that and have an advantage, but they don’t, because they need to focus on what they’ll see most often.
And now I feel like I should add a paragraph recommending a betting site. But I won’t.

]]> http://www.survivinggrady.com/2012/11/the-advantages-of-being-left-handed-in-baseball.html#comment-110972 noisyking Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:51:09 +0000 http://www.survivinggrady.com/?p=12350#comment-110972 I don’t challenge the science, but by this measure, wouldn’t it be a disadvantage to be a left-handed pitcher? Then 75% of batters (all the righties) would have the more advantageous angle on your pitches.
But the reality is that there are some phenomenal lefties (Johnson, Grove, Koufax, Spahn, etc), and lefty pitchers are often coveted. I’m obviously missing something in this equation. :-/

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