A photo of an MLB player with the caption- “The batter in the MLB logo bats right-handed or left-handed” is going viral on social media. The image of the MLB logo leaves people scratching their heads; Which way was the batsman facing, they asked. The image was shared by the Instagram account “opticalillusionss”. The photo’s caption reads: “What do you see?” The logo features a silhouette of a batsman in a hitting position. The quiz aims to answer the question of whether the batsman hits the ball with his right or left hand. The post quickly attracted users’ attention as they posted their opinions in the comments section. “If you are standing behind someone who is hitting the ball right-handed (facing left), you will not see the knuckles as shown in the picture. Standing in front of a left-handed hitter (facing right) will show you his knuckles,” one user explained the logic. “Batting left-handed. Because of the handle,” one user wrote. The majority of users agree that the batsman is left-handed. While some users believe that the batsman is right-handed.
While some users were busy thinking of answers, others were happily perusing the article. One user wrote “No problem. He’s not going to the Hall of Fame.” “I don’t know about that, but the player is a bird,” another user wrote. One user even gave historical context behind the photo and said “This silhouette is based on Harmon Killebrew, who was a right-hander. However, the designers decided to make the logo ambiguous, so that it looks both left-handed AND right-handed. Technically both answers are correct.
For those who don’t know, Harmon Killebrew is an American professional baseball player who spent most of his career in Major League Baseball with the Minnesota Twins.
