Can Holding in a Fart Kill You? by Andrew Thompson

Author:Andrew Thompson [Thompson, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781612435077
Publisher: Ulysses Press

WHY IS A LEFT-HANDED SPORTSMAN CALLED A SOUTHPAW?

The word southpaw is often associated with left-handed sportsmen, especially boxers and baseball pitchers. It is most commonly used in the United States.

Most sports pundits agree that Finley Peter Dunne, a journalist for the Chicago News, coined the term in 1885. The Chicago Cubs’ home plate was oriented so that a right-handed batter (the most common type) would face east to avoid the afternoon sun in his eyes. This meant that left-handed (“left-pawed”) pitchers would throw from the south side of the diamond. These pitchers became known as southpaws.

Although it is generally thought that the term has its origin in baseball, it is now thought that the first recorded use of southpaw was actually in 1848, describing the punch of a left-handed boxer, who leads with the right and follows up with the more powerful left. This 1848 reference is long before the beginning of organized professional baseball and is quoted in the Oxford English Dictionary.

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