by robin_buckeye » November 10th, 2007, 1:07 pm
I didn't see that SI article, but I did see something in the NY Times about him. Can't remember his name at the moment, but he plays for Creighton U in Omaha. His story does sound a bit like my son John's -- when he was young I noticed that he didn't seem to favor either hand for much of anything.
The first glove I got him was for a RH thrower (his Mom, his brother and I are all RH), but after a while he started favoring the left for throwing so I got him another glove for a LH thrower and he went with that for a while. Then one day, about a year and a half ago, when he was almost six, we were by a lake and he was throwing rocks into the water and randomly using either hand. His form was better with the left, but acceptable with the right
So I thought that I ought to encourage that ability (I've always wished I could use my left hand better). I wasn't really thinking about baseball per se; I was just thinking that encouraging dexterity in both hands would be useful to him as he grew, especially since he seemed to do it innately anyhow.
So I got him another glove, identical to his LH thrower one (Wilson 10" EZ-Catch 325) and when we play catch (which is just about every day) we use each glove about the same amount. This coming LL season I think I'll just alternate which glove he takes to each practice/game so he won't have to think about switching, he'll just use whichever one is in his bag.