Genuine Babe Ruth Autographs

[JimStinson]

Originally Posted by cipollinaj

Didn't one reason have to do with inks in the past did not dry as fast as
they do today so most people learned to write right handed
not to smudge the ink.
Another reason , I am a lefty but years and years ago I had to learn right handed in Catholic school. I think , but not sure, it may have had to do
with some of the definitions of "sinister":

1. situated to the left side of something
2.of ill omen by reason of being on left
3. accompanied by or leading to disaster or unfavorable developments

I think I'll stick with the right hand just to be safe

I think it was a case of back in the day there was a CORRECT way and incorrect way, In a teachers way of thinking and that if someone was writing with their left hand that was by the standards of the day INCORRECT.

Ted Williams is one I always found "unusual" in that he was a NATURAL right hander , amazing in that the greatest LEFT HANDED hitter EVER was actually a right handed person.

When Williams was asked about it once he said he had no idea WHY ...and said it was not something he learned. He said that when he was a young kid the first time he ever picked up a baseball bat he swung it lefthanded
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[cipollinaj]

Jim,
exactly.
As the definitions of SINISTER have to do with being on the left
and being a bad omen.

The definitions of CORRECT have to do with making things right,
to rectify and to remove from fault.

Possibly cultural (religious) issues came into play here and these became the standard of the day.

Also, as far as being right handed but a great lefty hitter, aren't there other factors to take into account like RT/LT eye dominance etc.??

[Leon]

Originally Posted by JimStinson

I think it was a case of back in the day there was a CORRECT way and incorrect way, In a teachers way of thinking and that if someone was writing with their left hand that was by the standards of the day INCORRECT.

Ted Williams is one I always found "unusual" in that he was a NATURAL right hander , amazing in that the greatest LEFT HANDED hitter EVER was actually a right handed person.

When Williams was asked about it once he said he had no idea WHY ...and said it was not something he learned. He said that when he was a young kid the first time he ever picked up a baseball bat he swung it lefthanded
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jim@stinsonsports.com

I write right handed and bat left handed..I dunno why either......just sayin'.....