Word: lefthandedness
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These are the boys of late autumn, the last leaves on the tree of my youth. Not too many innings ago, there were others: Reggie Jackson; the knuckle-ball brothers, Phil and Joe Niekro; the great lefthanded pitcher Steve Carlton; and journeyman Outfielder Tom Paciorek, kept around last year by...
The victory improved Hurst's record in his home field to a surprising 21-7 since 1986. Fenway Park is considered particularly hostile to lefthanded pitchers because of the close leftfield fence, but Hurst seems to have tamed the Green Monster.
10. Mattingly is probably the best Yankee hitter since Mickey Mantle, who also won the Triple Crown in 1956. But there are differences between the two--Mattingly is a lefthanded hitter, while Mantle was a switch-hitter. Mantle holds the AL record for the most homers in a single season...
"It's kind of an advantage," Cibotti said. "I get stuffed all the time in practice because they know I'm lefthanded, but when I play against other people, I tend to turn the opposite way they're used to."
The difference between being righthanded and being lefthanded is not often thought about by the armchair athlete. Often, being lefthanded can yield the right result.