For the lefties

[Steve M]

Don,
Joel's right - I went to a different national school and they said the same thing. The intent is for the ump to make this an emphatic and coordinated gesture. I can do a lot of things with my left hand - maybe more than most folks - but I can't throw well. There was a movie some years ago about kids playing ball - sandlot team vs a LL team - and probably the biggest insult that was thrown out was "You throw like a girl!". Often lefties will not have the coordination to "throw" the out sell gesture with their right hand and end up looking like they "throw like a girl". And the movie wasn't talking about the girls who play ball.