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Originally Posted by DaveW
Truman was a lefty? I wonder if McCarthy knew that. I've seen pictures of him signing documents right handed. I wonder why he throws left handed.
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It looks like he was probably ambidextrous.This is from Baseball-Almanac.com:
04-15-1946 President Harry S. Truman is the first left-handed President to throw out the first pitch.
08-17-1948 President Harry S. Truman is the first to attend a night game (in Washington).
04-18-1950 President Harry S. Truman is the first to throw out two first pitches - one left-handed and one right-handed.
07-04-1952 President Harry S. Truman is the first to attend a game on the fourth of July.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/firsts/prz_1st.shtml