[net.kids] Lefty Advantage

rodean@hpfcla.UUCP (08/23/85)

> Two areas where being left-handed can be an advantage:
> 1.  Baseball - the proportion of major league baseball players who are
> left-handed is much higher than the general population, because
> left-handed people are often an advantage, especially at 1st base
> pitching, and the need for left-handed batters.
> 2.  Hockey - Normally, a left-handed person is preferred on the
> left wing
> Bob Schleicher
> ihuxk!rs55611

For a while it was believed that left-handed bowlers had a big advantage.
The belief was that all the right-handers used up the oil on the lane in
the right-handed groove, whereas the small number of lefties had lots of
oil to spare. This was in the era of Earl Anthony, Johnny Petraglia, and
other very successful lefties. Of course the technology improved, and it
all went away. :-)

Bruce "a lefty" Rodean
{ihnp4|hplabs}!hpfcla!rodean