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From: Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 11:58:35 -0600
Local: Sat, May 17 2008 1:58 pm
Subject: Re: Out of Left Field -- phrase origin
Bob Ward <bobw...@email.com> wrote: But the idea comes "out of left field", rather than "deep into left >>> An unusual idea would be "something out of left field" in American >>> idiom. This is obviously a baseball-based expression, but why left >>> field? Why not use center field, which is usually farther out? >I think that center field would be more mainstream, or >middle-of-the-road, while left field is much closer to foul ball >territory. >Don't right-handed batters have to swing early in order to pull the field". I agree with you that the center is mainstream. -- Tomorrow is today already. Greg Goss, 1989-01-27 You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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