Denny McLain was standing in leftfield during batting practice, hitting baseballs into the stands with a fungo bat. (si.com)
Frank Thomas, in fact, tried to jerk so many balls boatward down the 279 - foot leftfield line that Stengel is said to have chastised him at one point, saying, «If you want to be a sailor, join the Navy!» (si.com)
Adding insult to injury is a completely shoehorned love story that comes out of leftfield about halfway through, and the actors in the middle of it struggle to make it work. (moviemanjackson.com)