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Left Handed Hitters in Baseball and Other Sports
The piece argues left-handed batters have a slight edge in baseball with names like Cobb Ruth Speaker Gehrig and Williams among the elites while noting golf tennis polo and football show fewer left-handed champions. It cites Hornsby DiMaggio and DiMaggio as examples and ponders why baseball favors lefties compared to other sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
George Sisler
Lou. Gehrig
Joe Jackson
Tris Speaker
Ted Williams
Rogers Hommsby
Hans Wagner
Napoleon Lajoie
Ed Delehanty
Harry Heilmann
Joe DiMaggio
Hornsby
Wagner
Lajoie
Delehanty
DiMaggio
Cobb
Ruth
Jackson
Speaker
Norman Brookes
Bill Tilden
Bill Johnston
Rene Lacoste
Ellsworth Vines
Don Budge
Gomez