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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.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • 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.

    Morrow's wildness helps Red Sox beat Toronto 7-6 2010

  • 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).

    Thank you to a Hall of Fame voice 2009

  • The ball landed several rows into the left-field stands.

    Turner's Big Game Helps Mets Hammer Astros 2011

  • 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.

    Jeter Gets It Going as Sabathia Wins His 12th Game 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • And finally, right out of left-field, there's Harold Pinter's The Homecoming and The Birthday Party.

    MIND MELD: Non-Genre Books for Genre Readers 2009

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