bjkeefe: Craig's List: The Sports Tie-In

Friday, August 31, 2007

How soon before baseball announcers get the memo to avoid describing batters as having a wide stance?

bjkeefe said...: And yes. "List" was also intended as a double entendre.; 4:53 PM, August 31, 2007
Anonymous said...: Awesome! Also on baseball: Why do you call a batter a right hander when he stands on the left side of the plate?; 9:08 PM, September 12, 2007
bjkeefe said...: That's a good question.

Off the top of the head guess: That's how the pitcher (and the rest of the defense) sees the situation.

Second guess: Most people are right-handed. Such people have always stood at the (catcher's perspective) left side of the plate as they do now, for whatever reason. But, as they were right-handed, they said they batted right-handed. Convention came to dominate.

These don't satisfactorily dismiss your question. So, given the tendency for the majority to "bat right" ...

I blame the Republicans.; 1:34 AM, September 15, 2007

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