Glove Shortage Made Edd Roush Ambidextrous The Oregon Daily Journal (Portland, Oregon) 5 Sep 1920 The story of how Eddie Roush, star outfielder of the Reds, can throw as well with his right hand as with his left dates back to his kid days. He says: "I have always been a natural southpaw. Throwing and betting left-handed is my regular style. But when I started out as an amateur in my home town in Indiana I found it impossible to secure a right-handed glove (for throwing left-handed). The only gloves in stock were for the left hand; also I was call upon to play in the infield a great deal, and a left-handed infielder is not so good, so I learned how to throw with my right hand. I have always batted left-handed, though." Read the Article ... Roush, Edd | Baseball Hall of Fame Edd Roush captured the National League batting title in his first full season as a Red in 1917 with a .341 average. Growing up on a farm in Indiana, he developed extra...
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