left field
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left-fieldadjectiveregarded as being outside the mainstream; unconventional
left field
Americannoun
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Baseball.
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the area of the outfield to the left of center field, as viewed from home plate.
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the position of the player covering this area.
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Slang. a position or circumstance that is remote from an ordinary or general trend.
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Origin of left field
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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“There are legitimate water quality threats that we need to attack and rectify in a regulatory manner. And then there are things that are out in the left field that just distract people,” Donley said.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
The clear winner, out of left field, was Brazilian jiu-jitsu: a relatively new art accepted so rapidly that we already knew the basics from our Army combatives course.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
In the seventh, he pumped a heater to the top rail against Miguel Vargas, who stayed on top of the pitch to send a line drive to left field — and right to Call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
He also patrolled left field and snared a line drive to end the top of the fourth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
“Well, when you see me come out of the left field lights, run for the right field fence,” he said, and winked.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
But it was a more left-field statement that caught Styles' attention.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Madrigal would break the Angels’ hitless run in the fifth with a double off the left-field wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
In the third, however, Diamondbacks star Corbin Carroll sent a cutter the other way, and it bounced off the top of the left-field wall into the home bullpen for Arizona’s first run of the night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
The Italian, however, was originally unwilling to take the job mid-season, which led Spurs towards making the left-field appointment of Tudor – who left Spurs by mutual consent after just seven games.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Occasionally, he’d split his mental gymnastics, leaving his imaginary board to swing a fantasy baseball bat and knock an invisible ball into the left-field stands of the Ebbets Field in his mind.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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