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Examples
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Yorvit Torrealba had a leadoff double in the Texas fifth and scored when Davis blooped a high popup that dropped in short left-field near the line for a single.
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Umpires reviewed Gonzalez's hit near the top of the left-field wall and stuck with their original decision of a double instead of changing it to a homer.
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Ernie described to his audience then, black smoke that could be seen billowing over the left-field roof of the stadium, as the heat of the riots was tearing apart a city, and few sought refuge in a baseball team contending then for a pennant (which the Tigers were eliminated from the pennant race in the last few days of the 1967 season).
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The ball landed several rows into the left-field stands.
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Bay Crashes the LA Fence Again, Survives This Time LOS ANGELES—Jason Bay got an eerie reminder of his 2010 concussion Monday night when he slammed into the left-field wall at Dodger Stadium while making a catch in the sixth inning.
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Heather Lanphear, a junior who plays third base on the girls slow-pitch softball team at Barnsdall High, parked just behind the left-field ... basketball | Comment | Recommend
High School Sports- Boys and Girls Football & Basketball Coverage 2010
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There is a framed newspaper clipping from the day in 2007 when he reached over the left-field wall at Shea Stadium to rob Carlos Delgado of a home run.
Harris Is a Met Killer No Longer Brian Costa 2011
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And there is also the notorious left-field touch of giving away the twist some distance before the end.
Vertigo: No 3 Ryan Gilbey 2010
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Associated Press Dave Kingman clubs a home run over the left-field fence at Shea Stadium on Sept. 19, 1976.
You Dressed Up As...Who? Brian Costa 2011
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And finally, right out of left-field, there's Harold Pinter's The Homecoming and The Birthday Party.
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