Older generations of Koreans thought left-handedness was ominous. It is also interesting to know that the “right” hand in Korean has the same double-meaning as the word “right” in English — the Korean word is “accurate,” in English it means “correct.”
If anything ever broke that trend, it was left-handed baseball players, who are favored in Korea. Hyun-Jin Ryu was originally a right-hander, but was turned into a left-hander by his parents. And now he’s going to be rich, whenever he finds his next contract.
According to Marc Topkin and our own JT Morgan, the Rays remain in search of right-handed batters, but I’m trying to figure out what it means to get a right-handed hitter.