The Sarge

It all depends on the person. I was a switch hitter and can throw with both. I was originally left handed and the school i went to switched me to writing right handed i did everything right handed till i fractured my wrist and was able to switch back to left handed within a week

I was right handed from birth in both, but experimented in little league as a 12 year old with hitting left handed.Worked on it in pony, colt, and high school leagues and ended up hitting better from the left side, average wise, by my senior year. My power was much better though from the right side, I never hit a longball batting lefthanded. No,it never felt natural to me either.

One of my 5 yr old twins is a natural lefty. But we're training him to throw righty so he won't be limited on the field as he grows up. He'll still hit, kick, write, etc... lefty.

My dad threw right and batted left. Said it was natural and he believes the best way for a right hand dominant player to hit because when batting from the left side your right hand is your lead hand which, he seemed to think, is the more important of the two hands in establishing the hand-eye coordination necessary to hit a ball well and generate more power. I never really decided if I agreed with that or not. I'm left left and not one bit ambidextrous. My right hand and foot may as well not even be there.

Same here. Write lefty, swing a golf club lefty, kick a football with right foot and throw righty. I also shoot a rifle lefty which is good since my dominant eye is my left. Not a good thing since my lead eye (right) is the non dominant and I bat lefty (no one taught open stances where I played little league). It's also hard as heck to find anyone who can teach a lefty to play golf since everything is in reverse.

Oh and I do know Tyler Lumsden, former Clemson pitcher. When he was up in Winston-Salem at same time I was he could still throw 80+ from both sides. Pretty impressive.

My son can throw from either side, but has gravitated to the right hand since he's always played middle infield. Bat's left as it feels more natural to him and he likes starting the AB a few feet closer to first base.

I am a Righty hitting and Throwing, I have always thought it was funny when people say they see it better from one side or the other. I loved hitting off righty's more than lefies for the simple reason as I saw more righties than lefties. So i was more confident and comfortable with righties. Also i know a few pro scouts and they do not like switch hitters that much becuase no one is equal as a switch hitter you have a dominate side period. Statisicly look at a switch hitters they are always better from one side of the plate be it power or avg,

C Walk said that because he has seen more righties and is more comfortable hitting off them, Hitting is all comfort if you are not comfortable you will never hit anything also you have to have confidince. I always hated coaches who would try and make players robots no one has the same stance or swing you have to teach confidence and fundamentals but do not mess with the stance,

Thats a good point.

I could see pitches better from a righty when batting from the left side. It seems like you can see the ball longer, and judge it's break better. I never messed around with switch hitting because of what you said. Guys like Justin Smoak amaze me. His swing is a mirror image on either side of the plate, for what I can tell. Unbelievable.