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Why, in baseball, do we run the bases counter-clockwise?

Asked by erichw1504 (26453points) November 2nd, 2009

I’ve always wondered this and haven’t found out why. Who came up with the rule that we run the bases in a counter-clockwise direction? Wouldn’t you think, logically, we’d go clockwise? Does it have something to do with most batters being right-handed? Do other countries do the opposite?

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