realjohnboy wrote:The orientation of Wrigley Field in Chicago is oriented, from home base through the pitcher's mound and second base, East to West. South is to the left. A sportswriter coined the phrase "southpaw" to describe someone whose pitches come from the south.
Now that is something I didn't know!!! Thank you, realjohnboy.
And, speaking of southpaws, did you know that Billy the Kid, the famous outlaw of New Mexico in the 1870s, was right-handed, in spite of a lot of misinfarmion to the contrary, spread mainly by mvies such as
The Left-handed Gun?