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What is the term southpaw come from?
John Thorn, Major League Baseball’s official historian believes the term for lefties likely originated with boxing. In its coverage of an 1860 bare-knuckle prizefight, the New York Herald reported that left-hander David Woods planted his ‘south paw’ under his opponent’s chin
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