Science Supports Seamheads’ Southpaw Swoon

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 Science Supports Seamheads’ Southpaw Swoon
We’re all more than familiar with MLB’s love of lefties, whether on the mound or at the plate, and now, thanks to NEWSWEEK, there’s now some official scientific proof backing the concept that lefties are just plain better at baseball (well, at least as far as hitting goes.) The magazine’s web site interviews an aerospace engineer from the University of Washington ... [link]

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Lefties better at baseball--engineer to Newsweek
Published 7/20/2008 by susan mullen (noreply@blogger.com) at XM MLB Chat
Notes Sports by Brooks: "Also included: the fact that most stadiums were built with right-handed hitters in mind originally, so the left field fences were placed further back, ...

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