probably - look for other clues too
dreaux
I think in general this is true. I just took apart my OS this week and my oil hole faces the crank or think of it facing the front of the engine. I put a marker dot on the side of the rod you see when you take the backplate off to make sure I put it in right. BUT I quickly noticed one other clue that makes me feel better remembering putting it back in. The backing plate has some wear marks that you can see but not feel from the rod brushing up against the plate. The bottom of the rod by the bushing has the same marks. Absolutely no way of mistaking which way it goes in now. Also the skirt comment on the piston is true of most engines.
Make sure when you put it back together you turn it over by hand a couple of times to make sure nothing like the skirt or anything catches and stops it from rotating!