Dug them up, shook off excess dirt, left the long tops intact-this is what you braid. After letting them dry out a bit, (several days in a hot garage on an old screen door) the tops krinkle turning brown with a tiny bit of green down in the onion tops for strength.
southpaw (plural southpaws) (informal) One who is left-handed, especially in sports. (baseball) A left-handed pitcher. Since home plate is generally in the southwest corner to avoid glare in the batter's eyes, a southpaw's pitching hand is to the south. (one who is left-handed): left-hander, lefty.
He is tough and a southpaw, which is always trouble for orthodox fighters. In the Heavyweight Arena, But the southpaw was able to avert further trouble as he got both Sean Casey and Wily Mo Pena to foul out. USATODAY.com. The southpaw is a couple years off of Tommy John