What he saw, down the first base line, was left-handed pitcher Cat Osterman working on her wicked windmill underhand delivery.
One player who was always certain to feature in the squad was left-handed opener Phillip Hughes, who has been hugely impressive this season batting for Middlesex.
He was a left-handed pitcher with no right hand who threw a no-hitter for the New York Yankees. (Jim Abbott.) He ran in the Olympic Games on prosthetic legs. (Oscar Pistorius.) She sprinted to an Olympic gold even though they once nearly amputated her feet. (Gail Devers.) You can't make up stories like those.
Jayasuriya, approaching his 40th birthday, reminded fans that there was more than one destructive left-handed opener and was at his scintillating best, driving and hooking with panache.
Rizzo's home run off Robert Carson was his fourth against left-handed pitching, matching his total from last season.
Left-handed opener Butt was Pakistan's leading scorer in both innings at Lord's with 63 and 92.
The left-handed Marcus North was a bit unlucky to face Asif in this form and in these conditions.
For Middlesex, left-arm spinner Chris Peploe was handed a debut.
He complemented his fastball with a knee-buckling slider that left-handed hitters were sure was going to put them in the hospital ward before it curved away from their heads and darted over the plate.
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The left-handed batsman, 26, was voted the Welsh county's player of the year last season and says he is keen to return to his Glamorgan "home".
The researchers said uncertainty remained about suggestions repeated ultrasound exposure was linked to an increase in the number of left-handed babies born, but said the connection could be "nothing more than chance".
Girardi put slumping LF Vernon Wells on the bench and stacked his lineup with seven left-handed hitters against Hefner, who was holding righties to a .171 batting average.
Rick Ankiel's two-run homer off rookie Seth Maness (3-0) tied it in the top of the seventh and was his first against the team that converted the former left-handed pitcher to an outfielder in 2005.
Attempting to work it to the leg-side, the left-handed Hughes played around the delivery and was comprehensively bowled.
Victory would have sealed a minimum of seventh spot for Everton, and it was not for want of chances that they left the West Midlands empty-handed.
Ownership of much of it has now left the region and gone to Whitehall - it was either sold or handed over to the Homes and Community Agency.
And Campbell handed Blackpool victory after he was left alone in the six-yard area to nod in.
Left-handed opener Butt - ignored for the Champions Trophy - was named in the one-day and Test squads as selectors wanted to avoid a reliance on makeshift openers.
Brennan, who was handed a two-year ban after an admission of guilt, left Quins at the end of the season to join England but his position now seems precarious.
Dwayne Peel made a break from the half-way line and was well supported by Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, who in turn produced a superbly-timed one handed offload to Doherty, who was charging up the left wing to score in the corner.
Former major leaguer Brian Hunter said he initially went to bat left-handed but turned around after the other kids told him he was facing the wrong direction.
With his team facing a left-handed starter, Girardi rested CF Brett Gardner in favor of Suzuki, who was hitting .407 (11 for 27) in his previous seven games.
The left-handed batsman, who also had a distinguished spell in English cricket with Nottinghamshire, was widely regarded as the best captain in world cricket throughout his 10-year spell in charge.
The Islanders had the best chance when Matt Martin got free for a short-handed breakaway, but his in-close drive was knocked away by Lundqvist with 3:45 left.
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