Another first for me today

[N Florida Mike]

As some of you know, I broke 2 rods yesterday. ( I never broke 1 before in 45 years bass fishing.)

So today I’m at the park waiting for my next work appt., and I see a family of 5 playing baseball. 3 kids, 2 parents.

ALL 5 of them threw and batted left handed. Have never seen a whole left handed family before. Even the 3-4 year old.

I got a long distance pic, I didn’t want to cause Them a corona scare by getting too close.?

[jimmyjoe]

    When you broke those rods, it caused you so much trauma that your mental polarity reversed without your realizing it. Those people were all actually right-handed. You have to walk around backwards from now on, holding a mirror up and looking into it. Then everything will be OK.

   The only way to re-calibrate your mental state is to buy two new rods. Although cheap rods might do the trick, buying two expensive rods is much more likely to cure you.

 

   You believe me, don't you?  ???   ???       jj

[N Florida Mike]

2 expensive rods? That'd be another first!( and second)

I already feel like I’m walking backward or at least standing still most of the time.?

[Koz]

Ah, lefties!

 

That reminds me of a time I was coaching 13U competitive travel baseball and the parent of a left kid could not understand why his son was not playing a middle infield position or third base.

 

I had to explain that even though his kid was a decent player, if he wanted a future in baseball it was on the mound, at first base, or in the outfield. Having him play middle infield was fine for rec ball, but not for a competitive program whose goal is to develop players for the next level.

[detroit1]

Lefties RULE!  I played third in little league. ()

[NittyGrittyBoy]

I've noticed people posting up their gear, lots of left hand reels on this site... weird ?

[ATA]

honestly I like the idea of using my right hand to carry the rod, and turn the knob by my left as I did for spinner(ive seen so many angler doing that for this reason even they are write handed)., I have an injury mostly to my right hand as well, so when I choose reels, I did choose left even I am right handed for writing, also I remember on grade one I was lefty and my aunt work me out and made me right handed, so also maybe really I am originally lefty but my aunty changed that for writing.

 

[N Florida Mike]

I’m right handed, and played baseball that way, but could bat lefty fairly well ( only did in a game once though - flied out to right)

For fishing I’ve always much preferred reeling left handed and fighting the fish right handed. My bait caster I use for spinnerbaits is right- reeling though , and it’s nearly the same to me.

[the reel ess]

They must be witches, Practitioners of the Left Hand Path. Be very wary of them. ?

On 3/16/2020 at 2:08 PM, jimmyjoe said:

    When you broke those rods, it caused you so much trauma that your mental polarity reversed without your realizing it. Those people were all actually right-handed. You have to walk around backwards from now on, holding a mirror up and looking into it. Then everything will be OK.

   The only way to re-calibrate your mental state is to buy two new rods. Although cheap rods might do the trick, buying two expensive rods is much more likely to cure you.

 

   You believe me, don't you?  ???   ???       jj

It actually looks to me like the dad has his glove on the left hand, which would make him right handed. Maybe they were trying to level the playing field by imposing that rule for batters or making it more fun.

[N Florida Mike]

No, he had it on the right, although it may look otherwise. I watched them playing off and on for 1/2 hour. And they weren’t competing, just taking batting practice.