opposite field
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Origin of opposite field
First recorded in 1950–55
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No energy, the shaking of their heads, after weak outs and total disregard of fundamentals such as moving runners over and hitting to the opposite field when pitched outside.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2024
Three pitches later, Raleigh hit a 96-mph sinker — that was off the plate away — to the opposite field for a double.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024
With one out, Abreu hit a 1-0 fastball to the opposite field for a 3-1 lead.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023
Instead of smacking line drives to the opposite field, he sliced lazy pop flies and rolled over on weakly pulled ground balls.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2023
After Bunker Hill the house became a hospital and the dead were buried in the opposite field.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.
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