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jman · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:09 pm Post subject: Lefties or Righties?

Are Lefties better than Righties? Or vice versa?
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Lil_Smit18 · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:15 pm Post subject:

Yes. Mainly because they have a step on the righties to first base and most people don't train the RFs to have a very strong arm or catch well.
I bet now they do since most people have a lot of them.
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Doomchild · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:38 pm Post subject:

I don't personally think one is better than the other. Both have their quirks that make them an advantage to have. Myself, I have 7 lefties, and kept my 5 power hitters as righties.

When I need to go brickyard or such for an away game, I can enter the 7 lefties in and come out on top a lot of the time.

When I need to go centennial or alice or something like that, stick in 5 of the righties and hit some homers Smile

However, lefties hit more for average so I personally think that they make excellent early lineup/setup men for the power righties.
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maurice2211 · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:58 pm Post subject:

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redbirds33 · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:24 pm Post subject:

It depends on at least three things (maybe more):
The stadium
The type of hitter
The defensive abilities of the RF and LF

For example, at Centenial Park, a power hitter should be right handed, and a quick contact hitter should be a lefty. Every park and defense will favor different abilities, but you assume the player pulls the ball most times.

jagriff3 · Expert Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Location: Texas Forum ID: 6278

Don't forget if you hit a line drive off the right field wall it would be easier to get to third than if you had hit it into left.
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