southpaw
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The diminutive southpaw came out of retirement last year.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
The home crowd sang "Leigh Wood is one of our own", as their man settled into a southpaw rhythm, slowing the pace and picking shots from range.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
Some will say players should not be involved, that it’s a management decision high above the pay grade of the average southpaw or slugger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
The southpaw appeared in a career-high 75 games in 2025, recording a 3.18 earned-run average, 61 strikeouts and 34 walks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
He kept coming, but I switched to southpaw, which I could tell confused him.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
Australia have two left-handed openers in Head and Weatherald and Stokes has the best average against southpaws of all of the England quicks still standing.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Manager Dave Martinez said he sat the left-handed-hitting García to give him rest but also because he wanted him to work on his approach against southpaws.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2023
The only problem: Thompson had puzzlingly struggled against southpaws in 2022, posting a .621 OPS that was almost half his mark in right-on-right matchups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
Pollock has historically destroyed left-handed pitching; Kelenic has been completely overmatched against southpaws.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
It was Peter Neale who proved years later that there were definite exceptions to the accepted theory that lefthanded batters do badly against southpaws.
From The Boy Grew Older by Heywood Broun
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