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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Given a three-run lead in the first inning, brought to the Dodgers by a wild pitch and Kyle Tucker’s two-run, line-drive single to left field, Sasaki seemed set up for success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
“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
Pinch-hitter Geraldo Perdomo shot a line-drive single off Klein into shallow left field, loading the bases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
The Henry County Hurricane stands erupt with cheers: their batter just smashed the ball out into deep left field.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
He could be a brilliant left-field option for us.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
I start to slow-jog, and when I reach the left-field line, I keep going straight and run until I reach the batting cages.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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