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Left-handed specialist, the Glossary

In baseball, a left-handed specialist (also known as lefty specialist) is a relief pitcher who throws left-handed and specializes in pitching to left-handed batters, weak right-handed batters, and switch-hitters who bat poorly right-handed.^[1]

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Baseball strategy
Handedness in baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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Batting (baseball)

In baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team.

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Breaking ball

In baseball, a breaking ball is a pitch that does not travel straight as it approaches the batter; it will have sideways or downward motion on it, sometimes both (see slider).

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Closer (baseball)

In baseball, a closing pitcher, more frequently referred to as a closer (abbreviated CL), is a relief pitcher who specializes in getting the final outs in a close game when his team is leading. Left-handed specialist and closer (baseball) are baseball pitching and baseball strategy.

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Handedness

In human biology, handedness is an individual's preferential use of one hand, known as the dominant hand, due to it being stronger, faster or more dextrous.

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Jesse Orosco

Jesse Russell Orosco (born April 21, 1957) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher.

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Joe Thatcher

Joseph Andrew Thatcher (born October 4, 1981) is an American college baseball coach and former professional baseball pitcher.

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John Candelaria

John Robert Candelaria (born November 6, 1953) is a Puerto Rican-American former Major League Baseball pitcher.

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John Sickels

John Sickels (born January 5, 1968) is an American baseball writer who specializes in minor league baseball and amateur baseball.

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Lefty-righty switch

In baseball, the lefty-righty switch is a maneuver by which a player who may be at a disadvantage against an opponent of a certain handedness is replaced by a substitute who is better suited for the situation. Left-handed specialist and lefty-righty switch are baseball strategy and handedness in baseball.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.

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Mike Myers (baseball)

Michael Stanley Myers (born June 26, 1969) is an American former professional left-handed relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1995 to 2007.

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MLB.com

MLB.com is the official site of Major League Baseball and is overseen by Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. (a subsidiary of MLB).

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Pepperdine University

Pepperdine University is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California.

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Pinch hitter

In baseball, a pinch hitter (PH) is a substitute batter.

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Platoon system

A platoon system in baseball or American football is a method for substituting players in groups (platoons), to keep complementary players together during playing time. Left-handed specialist and platoon system are baseball strategy and handedness in baseball.

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Relief pitcher

In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who pitches in the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher has been removed from the game due to fatigue, injury, ineffectiveness, ejection, high pitch count, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions. Left-handed specialist and relief pitcher are baseball pitching and baseball strategy.

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Slider (pitch)

In baseball, a slider is a type of breaking ball, a pitch that moves or "breaks" as it approaches the batter.

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Switch hitter

In baseball, a switch hitter is a player who bats both right-handed and left-handed, usually right-handed against left-handed pitchers and left-handed against right-handed pitchers, although there are some exceptions. Left-handed specialist and switch hitter are handedness in baseball.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-handed_specialist

Also known as LOOGY, Lefty specialist, Lefty specialists, ROOGY, Right-handed specialist.