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left field

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left field in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
    "the batter flied out to left"
    left field  leftfield  left 
  2. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
    left field  leftfield 
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left field in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) (baseball) the part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher
  2. (noun) (baseball) The defensive position in the outfield to the left.
  3. (noun) (idiom) an unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases "'out of left field"' and "'from left field"')
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