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southpaw
has definitions from the fields of baseball,sport,softball,games
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[ noun ] (baseball,sport,softball,games) a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Rookie southpaw George_Stepanovich relieved Hyde at_the_start of the ninth and gave_up the A 's fifth tally on a walk to second_baseman Dick_Howser , a wild_pitch , and Frank_Cipriani 's single under Shortstop Jerry_Adair 's glove into center . The 22 - year old southpaw enlisted earlier last fall than did Hansen . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)He has given only the one pass in his 27 innings , an unusual characteristic for a southpaw . But there surely can be no_doubt about the slender southpaw belonging with the all_time great lefthanders in the game 's history . (The New York Times,...)Shea , the chairman of Mayor_Wagner_'s_Baseball_Committee , will be joined on the dais by Warren_Spahn , the southpaw pitching ace of the Milwaukee_Braves ; Frank_Graham , the Journal-American sports columnist ; Bill_Mazeroski , the World_Series hero of the Pittsburgh_Pirates , and Casey_Stengel , the former manager of the Yankees . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
Synonyms Examples "their pitcher was a southpaw" Related terms |
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