Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Our brother Michael is "sorta" Left-handed. This kid in the photo can pitch w/ either hand!

Left-handedness and intelligence

In his book Right-Hand, Left-Hand,[29] Chris McManus of University College London argues that the proportion of left-handers is rising and left-handed people as a group have historically produced an above-average quota of high achievers. He says that left-handers' brains are structured differently in a way that widens their range of abilities, and the genes that determine left-handedness also govern development of the language centres of the brain.

  • Between 7 & 10% of the World's population is Left-handed.
  • Two of our last three Presidents were/are Left-handers.
  • The two Left-handers were also Left Leaning.
The young Yankee pictured above in a Spring Training Game is not the first pitcher in MLB to pitch with both arms, BUT, he is the first one that MLB established a New Rule for...

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