Switch Pitcher Stars in Little Loop Play The Bridgeport Post, 18 May 1958 Birmingham, Ala. - Switch hitters are no problem for John (Tiger) Timmons . He switch pitches. The 12-year-old Little League sensation keeps the batters bewildered with his double dealing. And it's no wonder because ambidextrous hurling is a baseball rarity. Tiger, who likes to go three innings right-handed and then change to southpaw style, even has professional ballplayers and one major league scout guessing which is the natural throwing arm. Bancroft Timmons says his son's ambidexterity is by no means accidental. He has had Tiger throwing baseball with both hands since he was 2 years old. Practice was the key to the youngster's phenomenal tactics. Even during cold winter months these sessions continued indoors until Tiger was 8 years old. Pitching inside the Timmons home was stopped then - the walls were getting cracked. "This boy is a marvel, a surefire major leaguer," sai...
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