right-handed
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After the Arizona lineup turned over and Sheehan retired Ketel Marte and Carroll to get out of the inning, Roberts stuck with the right-hander against switch-hitting Geraldo Perdomo and right-handed Nolan Arenado in the seventh.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
South Carolina right-handed pitcher Jori Heard allowed only one hit through two innings, keeping UCLA’s potent bats relatively quiet.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Researchers have spent decades studying the brain, genetics, and development behind handedness, but the reason humans became so strongly right-handed has remained unclear.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Take Quinn Priester, a right-handed pitcher who had a 6.23 ERA in his first 21 MLB appearances.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
His memory was a catalogue of vital notes on horses and men: hangs in the stretch, balks in close quarters, only hits right-handed.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
