Northpaw?

[L.A.Longhorn]

I've never heard this term before. Southpaw, of course. Has anyone else seen this term used?

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[L.A.Longhorn]

Sorry, posted this in basketball by accident. Could the mods move this to baseball? Thanks!

 

[Horns11]

Guess it depends which stadium you're pitching in.

 

[Texanne]

Most people would call him a rightie.

 

[davert]

Never heard of it.

 

[s102r18]

texassports.com uses it quite a bit. I first saw it used regarding Ruffin last season; never have seen it anywhere else.

Reading the articles on that site tends to be pretty painful. Here's a real winner from the story about last night's game: "Brandon Belt deposited a solo home run over the leftfield fence with one out in the top of the seventh to coagulate the bleeding."

 

[AstroVol]

I think Tony Larussa made a reference using "northpaw" on TV in the 1990s during a world series post game interview, and I think that was the term's official introduction, acceptance and blessing into baseball jargon. I think it's silly. Pitchers are just righties by default unless you distinguish them as being sinister southpaws.

 

[PitchingGuru]

I had never heard it before reading the write ups on Texas Sports.

 

[hudsonhorn]

Me, neither.