left field
Example Sentences
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He again played catch in left field at Citizens Bank Park on Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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
And her mother had said, “Ha! Your father is so far off in left field that he wouldn’t recognize love if it stood up in his soup and sang.”
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
