left field
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Rays catcher Liam Hicks followed the error by shooting a grounder into left field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
He stayed back on a fastball and crushed it to deep left field, on a trajectory to just clear the short fence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Remember how the ball strikes the left field pole—bonnngggggg—and Boston survives with a win?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The warning is not coming out of left field.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
And maybe this is out of left field, but I find myself thinking about Taylor.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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