Left Handed Baseball Glove
Are you looking for a left handed baseball glove? Did you know that lefties make better baseball players? According to David Peters of Washington University aerospace. Here is a bit of his interview with Newsweek....
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NEWSWEEK: You argue that left-handers have a distinct advantage in baseball. Why?
David Peters: Twenty-five percent of players are left-handed, where in real life only 10 percent [of people] are left-handed, so that's proof that they are two-and-a-half-times better. There are several reasons why. One reason is that the left-handed batter is closer to first base, so he's got a couple steps advantage trying to beat out a grounder. Over the course of a year, he's going to beat out a few more. Also, as he swings, his momentum is turning him toward first base. But that is not the biggest advantage. The biggest has to do with the angle of the ball. Three quarters of pitchers are right-handed. A right-handed batter has to look over his left shoulder and the ball is coming at quite an angle. The offset of your eyes gives you depth perception. So when you're looking over your shoulder, you have lost the distance between your two eyes quite a bit, so you have lost that 10th of a second to see the ball. That's why batters switch hit.
So do you have a left handed baseball player in your house? Is that why you are shopping for a left handed baseball glove? Well just maybe you have the next big league player right in your own backyard.