from left field

A stiff breeze with gusts up to 16 mph blew from left field to right field in chilly Citi Field on Wednesday night, knocking down a pair of Francisco Lindor drives that died on the warning track in center field in the first inning and left field in the fifth, and a 388-foot Mark Vientos drive that fizzled at the center-field wall in the fifth.

Aaron Judge moved from left field to Soto’s spot in right, and Alex Verdugo came off the bench to play left.

But intellectual property that’s bankable isn’t everything, and increasingly, interesting theater comes from movie sources hailing from left field.

“Completely from left field, we heard a name,” said Matt Ellis, host of the fan podcast Iron Bru.

Williams returned to the Braves as Cox’s third base coach from 1991-96, memorably giving Sid Bream the green light for the pennant-winning run on Francisco Cabrera’s single that beat Barry Bonds’ throw from left field and won Game 7 of the 1992 NL Championship Series against Pittsburgh.