23rd February 2005, 3:11 PM
Well, why do they call it the "right" hand? It's wrong too sometimes, you know.
And anyway it's not an Oklahoma term, it is in fact a term used just about everywhere in the world? Don't believe me? Check out this site:
Japan Southpaw Club
So actually it's a baseball term.
And anyway it's not an Oklahoma term, it is in fact a term used just about everywhere in the world? Don't believe me? Check out this site:
Japan Southpaw Club
Quote:In a rule book of baseball, it said the ideal direction of the line from the home base to pitcher's plate through second base goes to runs north or north-east. If the baseball field were made up in this way, first base faced to the south. So a left-handed pitcher's hand was also placed in the southern part of the field. Therefore left-handed pitchers were called "southpaws".
So actually it's a baseball term.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.