Show why southpaws the word southpaw used frequently in the course of references to hn baseball games Is a bit of slang which which aich has crept into the language dur inz in the last few years a colloquialism which has beld behind iiI it rather more of a logical pedigree than most stang can claim that tile the batter may not have to face the rays of the setting sun at any time of tile the year a baseball diamond Is usually laid out so that tile thu butters batters box bos faces due east the pitcher therefore faces westward while his right hand Is toward the north and his left hand bond Is toward the youth south As the majority of pitchers are right handed it was only na natural that an exception to this rule should be singled out for a certain specific title and the name southpaw was adopted on account of the usual points of tho the compass in connection with still the diamond itself the cicen of rube waddell and othor southpaws have made the name synonymous with erratic so far as I 1 iseball language Is concerned though there Is no nied medical leal support for the theory that left handed persons persona are more peculiar than those who he use their right hands |