The term southpaw is definitely an American term for a left-handed person. Since most ball fields are designed so that batters face east, pitchers would be facing west and if they were left-handed, their south-sided arm would be their pitching arm.
Ballparks are often designed so that batters are facing east, so that the afternoon or evening sun does not shine in their eyes. This means that left-handed hurlers are throwing with their south-side arm.
A southpaw means that the left handed pitchers face south. Hence the term southpaw.
The term southpaw developed from the fact that left-handed pitchers face south because baseball diamonds are laid out with home plate to the west. The term has been traced back to 1885.
righty Southpaw means a left-handed person. So the opposite is a right-handed person.
The relief pitcher is a southpaw.
The Southpaw was created in 1953.
Southpaw Grammar was created on -19-04-03.
Kroger -> Blacksburg
it used to be ribbie and roobarb.But now it is southpaw
"Lefty"
Southpaw - Pink Lady song - was created on 1978-03-25.
Left-handed people are often referred to as "southpaws" in informal language, but there is no specific term for them in dictionaries.
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