Obama the Southpaw is taking the mound tonight at the All Star game and—as Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic notes the world will discover that he’s a lefty.

He notes:

For left-handed pitchers, winning the Cy Young is harder than the White House, though. About 30 percent of Cy Young winners were southpaws. During the same time, five of ten presidents have been left handed, including Obama. (The president’s home team, the Chicago White Sox, never had a Cy Young winning southpaw.)

One wonders if Obama has been practicing his technique before the All-Star Game, as George W. Bush did before delivering a strike across the Yankee home plate during the 2001 World Series. Bush did so wearing a bulletproof vest no less. This might be the one time Obama has an easier time than his predecessor lately.

I hope you throw a solid Southpaw strike, Mr. President!