Lefties

Someone brought this up on the radio the other day after watching Game 1 of the World Series and it basically took the words out of my mouth... mainly because I didn't have anyone around to say this to: Why does everything left-handers do seem smoother/cooler/more natural than righties?

I was watching CC Sabathia's delivery and just kept thinking, wow, it looks like he's not even trying. It seems like that for a lot of lefties... if I could think of some of the smoothest swings in baseball, throwing motions, etc in football... writing, bowling... i guess it applies everywhere... everything they do just seems more natural.

Maybe it's because you see it less often and so you're not as critical of ticks in a swing or throwing motion... or maybe it's a "grass is always greener" type of deal. Like, every right handed ballplayer wishes he was lefty, so he subconsciously ignores defects. Is that ridiculous?

As far as I know (which admittedly isn't far), there's no physical difference between righties and lefties except that they favor opposite sides. I've heard the argument that lefties' pitches tail out more... but I think that's a bunch of crap...you're just used to every ball you've ever caught moving slightly right (left to you).

I wonder if lefties feel the same way. I mean, they are left handed so maybe used to it... but they never see themselves throw. They are just as used to seeing right handed pitches as everyone else.... maybe a lefty could fill us in on that.

Does anyone agree with this? disagree? I just can't picture a right handed batter swinging like Ken Griffey Jr...