out in left field

“I really do feel he’s a major league ballplayer. I think that just to go out there and have the opportunity to play every day is important for his development. And also just continue to take repetitions out in left field, which I think he needs to continue to get better.”

You can tell me if I’m out in left field, but I think about why Latinos love Japanese anime ... especially the post-apocalyptic stories we grew up with, like “Akira,” or “Neon Genesis Evangelion.”

But there was a look ahead toward opening day in the form of a 76-feet high and 97-feet wide scoreboard that puts the jumbo in jumbotron under construction like a baseball Death Star out in left field.

He even testified before a congressional committee, and later got into a shouting match with an American general who claimed Farmer was “totally out in left field.”

With Grichuk on second and two outs, Kimbrel got Ryan McMahon to foul out in left field to secure his 18th save.