• Vegan_Joe@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      If you are a running batter in baseball (where the term originated), then the ball being thrown from left field seems as if it came out of nowhere.

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        6 months ago

        Damn, all these years and I never realized that’s what it literally meant. I always knew what the expression meant figuratively but not its literal origin.