Nick Medford <nick at hermit0.demon.co.uk> writes:
> Hmm.. not wishing to cast aspersions on the study, which I haven't read
> (could you post a reference?), but being left-handed is definitely an
> advantage when playing cricket. Because most people are right-handed, left-
> handed batsmen are more difficult to bowl at (the bowler has to bowl a
> different line from normal), and for the same reason left-handed bowlers are
> more difficult to face. So maybe they are over-represented amongst
> cricketers?! (probably not, just like to play Devil's advocate).
Well, there is no doubt at all that left-handers are over-represented
in baseball, for essentially similar, but perhaps stronger, reasons.
(Left-handed pitchers have a substantial advantage over righties, when
facing right-handed batters, because the lateral motion of the ball,
as perceived by the batter, is much less, so the batter has a more
difficult time judging how the ball is moving.) But I suspect that
the factors that come into play in music are somewhat different.
-- Bill
