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(...) If you saw that a baseball was about to smack you in your noggin from directly in front of you, would you catch/deflect it with your left or right hand? (Assuming, of course, that simple dodging was not an option). Hardly a scientific (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) When you ask the question, it requires thought--all spontaneousness reflexive action is then ignored... What would I do... Right now I think that if something was thrown at my face, I'd throw up both arms to protect my face. When someone (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:I4CL81.1qo7@lugnet.com... (...) case, since (...) writes (...) directly (...) Hmm, I feel like I would block with my left hand/arm, but I am probably right handed (I used to mix hands for some (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, it's clear that you and Purple Dave have thought about this more carefully than I did. Shame on me for coming up with a weak example! Dave! (still left-handed) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Since you are admittedly baseball-knowledge challenged, I will tell you that if you are right handed, you'd probably attempt to catch/deflect the ball with your left hand (the hand that would normally wear the baseball glove). The right hand (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote: <snip> (...) ANd if you catch better with your right hand, and throw better with your right hand... what does that make you? Dave K -now confused about how handedness he is... (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You guessed it...."confused";-) "I'm sorry, I have a cold" JOHN (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Whichever hand was closer. Or whichever had a mitt on ;-) I catch with either hand equally well. But while "left-handed", I can only throw accurately right-handed. So I pretty much ended up catching LH, so that I wouldn't have to catch RH, (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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