Newsgroups: alt.fan.cecil-adams
From: Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 20:44:17 -0700
Local: Fri, May 16 2008 11:44 pm
Subject: Re: Out of Left Field -- phrase origin
ZBicyclist wrote: Another theory here in the blogosphere: > Today's fun fact? > An unusual idea would be "something out of left field" in American > http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi080515west-side-c... http://www.bobcongdon.net/blog/2004/06/out-in-left-field.html "...in older ball parks, left field was deeper than right field; that the And I *think* right-handed batters were more prevalent back then...which But I dunno. -- You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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