Difference Between Lefties and Righties

Lefty Curve
To me, being a lefty baseball player has always made me feel like I have a bigger advantage over the players who are right-handed. There are not as many positions that a lefty would recommend playing in the infield, but there are definitely positions that lefties have the upper hand in. As explained by Robert Adair, everyone knows that a right-handed batter has more trouble hitting off of right-handed pitcher, and lefties have more trouble hitting off of left-handed pitchers (71). I find it a lot easier to hit off of right-handed pitchers, and I usually feel uncomfortable seeing a lefty on the mound. I'm not exactly sure why, but seeing a left-handed pitcher forces me to think more than any other situation in baseball.

My left-handed stance

My right-handed stance

Recently, I switch off between swinging on my left and right sides, depending on the situation (right vs. left-handed pitcher). Most of my power comes from my left side because it's my most used/comfortable swing. But, against lefty pitchers, I have a better batting average when I swing in my right-handed stance. I never really understood why, until Adair explained it: "the left-handed and right-handed pitchers throw from different angles" (73). After reading about this, I wondered how I never thought about this before. To any type of batter, a left-handed pitch will move left-to-right and a right-handed pitch will move right-to-left. This clearly creates an advantage because it's a lot easier to see a ball that is coming towards you rather than starting towards you and drifting away.

A small portion of baseball players believe that right-handed and left-handed pitching has the same effect on the batter regardless of the hitter's stance. Do you think that there's an advantage in hitting between right and left-handed players?

Adair, Robert Kemp. The Physics of Baseball. New York: Harper & Row, 1990. Print.

Playing piano with left hand!!!

Hello!
 I decided to challenge myself a little and try to play with my left hand which is what I struggled the most since I was little. When I was little I could never have my focus on both things and I have asked so many of my friends who played piano before how do they focus on both their hands. When I asked one of my really awesome friend ,who is a genius and an artist, she said that the trick is to not think about both hands but to focus on your right hand and then use your left hand. She said to play a song with your right hand then add your left so you won't confuse yourself. After getting some advice I read the book to see what I should do and how I should practice to use my left hand!
  According to the piano book, "For the most part, the left hand plays the bass line in a piece of music, which provides harmony to the melody played with the right hand....Let's assign numbers to the fingers of your left hand...Your thumb1, your index finger is 2, your middle finger is 3, your forefinger is 4, and fifth finger is 5," (Halpin, 28).
Well, when I practiced using my left hand I took the book's advice by numbering my fingers ( I obviously did not write numbers on my fingers but I did numbered them mentally).

Don't judge my nails!