The softball pitcher Cat Osterman throws with her left hand. She was part of the USA softball team that won gold in the 2004 Olympic Games, and silver in the 2008 Olympic Games.
In baseball, left-handed batters typically have an advantage when facing a right-handed pitcher.
In baseball, a left-handed batter typically has the advantage when facing a right-handed pitcher on the mound.
They are the same. A screwball will break to the right from a right handed pitcher and to the left from left handed pitcher.
It depends on if there right or left handed. if they are right handed than the right leg if they are left handed than the left leg
Yes, a left-handed batter may have an advantage when facing a right-handed pitcher in baseball due to the angle of the pitch and the positioning of the batter in the batter's box.
A left-handed pitcher is called a "southpaw".
if it's a right handed pitcher
As a general rule, in pressure situations managers seem to like having a left handed pitcher facing a left handed batter and a right handed pitcher facing a right handed batter. One explanation could be the angle the ball travels ... a curve ball from a left handed pitcher moves away from a left handed hitter while it moves towards a right handed hitter. Odds are a hitter is not going to hit a ball that is moving away as hard as is a hitter that has the ball moving in. Of course, if that curve ball moves to the center of the plate it is gonna get hammered regardless of whether a lefty or righty is batting.
LEFT-HANDED! not right-handed!
Left-handed batters in baseball have an advantage over right-handed batters because they are closer to first base, giving them a head start when running to first. Additionally, left-handed batters may have a better view of the pitch coming from a right-handed pitcher.
Al Smith - left-handed pitcher - died in 1977.
Al Smith - left-handed pitcher - was born in 1907.