Sentences with word «leftfield»

Denny McLain was standing in leftfield during batting practice, hitting baseballs into the stands with a fungo bat.

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!»

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.

Samuel Roberts: A somewhat leftfield choice for this list, Tooth and Tail charmed us with its simpler take on the RTS, which has clearly been built around using a controller — but it still has most of the things that make a great strategy game.

With a 37 - foot leftfield wall made from 30,000 pounds of Toncan iron, a remodeled Fenway opens.

A week ago Gazidis said Wenger never signs who the supporters want, he comes, instead from leftfield.

I tried to give that one a 90's alternative dance style vibe, inspired by Leftfield and Orbital.

Here the soundtrack included bands and recording artists like Leftfield, The Chemical Brothers and Orbital.

The close relationship between Glasgow musicians and artists has seen Douglas Gordon collaborate with Mogwai on the mesmerising Zidane film, David Shrigley team up with leftfield indie groups on the Worried Noodles album, Jim Lambie infuse 1960s pop references into his multicoloured floor installations, and Martin Creed release his own Love To You album with a fully - functioning band this year.

And with museums, galleries, and more leftfield ideas like a rugby match as options, the opportunities really are endless in London.

Boston's Fenway Park opens, complete with a 25 - foot wooden wall in leftfield designed to prevent fans without tickets from climbing into the ballpark.

On May 23 in the second game of a doubleheader he played leftfield against the Phillies, his first major league start at a position other than catcher, as part of manager Lloyd McClendon's plan to ease the physical burden on three - time All - Star Kendall and to gain more offensive production from him.

It's a slightly leftfield choice, but expect it to gain momentum — especially in a year when the Academy and Oscar voters are quite rightly looking to make amends for too often ignoring African - American stories and talent.

Even when Leftfield wasn't there, Eavis would find him and put him on the theatre stage.

Such leftfield moments are scattered throughout the film, from Luke's unexpected reaction to having been presented his old lightsabre by Rey, to a dramatic encounter involving Snoke, Rey and Ren that harks back to Return Of The Jedi... until it doesn't.

There's a huge selection of digital, analogue and somewhat leftfield designs for you to choose from.

And, if you want to briefly escape the bustle of the city and do something a little leftfield when you first meet, you can always head to Wollaton Hall and get to know your date in a more relaxed atmosphere.

This 14 - strong collective are the most leftfield nominees - they were shortlisted for their innovative work renovating 10 derelict houses in Toxteth, Liverpool.

Aping the unconventional wisdom of Michael Keaton's Batman or Tobey Maguire's Spider - geek, the moviemakers have looked leftfield and mined a rough diamond.

Rockness 2010 will be getting the kids to shake their stuff from 10 - 12 June — just to be quirky — and will feature British dance gurus Leftfield and the one and only Fatboy Slim amongst a range of artists from an array of musical genres.

Milwaukee Shortstop Robin Yount caught the ball on the first - base side of second and swept down with his glove hand at Henderson, who was in the dirt now, crash - landing on his chest with his arms extended and his batting helmet flying off toward leftfield.

Then out of leftfield swooped the mild - mannered Reid, who finally won on the first extra hole.

A flawed but interesting downbeat Brit thriller with some creepy, leftfield jolts, calling to mind Mike Hodges with a twist of Tarantino.

This is a recalibrating album that sets him up well for even more leftfield musical forays ahead.

And that sense of wan interchangeability has come through even among the most supposedly leftfield offerings like James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy.

Monáe has previously been too leftfield for the mainstream.

The Coen brothers re-unite with George Clooney and haul in an all - star cast for this typically leftfield comedy set in early - 1950s Hollywood.

Director Agnieszka Smoczynska concocts a refreshingly leftfield cinematic world that echoes the parallel universes of Yorgos Lanthimos's films.

Not because of how leftfield it is, but because of the amount of international input that excels in it.

The appearance here of Miles Davis (played by Kedar Brown) reminded me of Don Cheadle's recent movie about Davis — Miles Ahead — which is superior because it takes a more unpredictable, leftfield approach, displaying less solemnity, more humour, more excitement.

Despite seeming like a bizarrely leftfield casting choice, Tom Cruise did a good job in 2012's Jack Reacher.

Sometimes, throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks can be a valid artistic process, resulting in unexpected detours and rewarding leftfield turns.

They first met when Moverman scripted Todd Haynes's leftfield Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, which cast Gere as one of the many incarnations of the music legend (Gere and Dylan are friends in real life but what Dylan thought of his performance has, apparently, «never come up»).

Just leftfield enough rather than being too up its own arse.

Definitely leftfield, then.

This is the inaugural Leftfield evo Car of the Year (LeCoty sounds rather cultured, doesn't it?)

However, this drops to around 50 per cent for the Si6 petrol, highlighting its position as a relativley leftfield choice for UK buyers.

Another perennial is the Ford Focus Estate, while the Fiat Tipo Station Wagon is a budget option and the Subaru Levorg Sport Tourer is a sporty leftfield choice for those that don't want to stick to estate car convention.

But the full - fat GS450h is definitely the one you want; amping a 3.5 - litre V6 with an electric motor to achieve 338bhp, 0 - 62mph in 5.9 sec and the aforementioned 155mph top speed, this is a marvellously leftfield executive chariot that doesn't demand much compromise over the predictable Germans.

It was a night of leftfield success — as a Bafta night probably should be.

His experience was very leftfield and we could see just how refreshing it would be to add those skills to our design team.

Exhibiting nationally and internationally for a decade, select shows include: Leftfield Slo & Hashimoto Contemporary (CA), The Provincial (MI), Tripp Gallery (London), N2N Gallery (NYC), Bridge Productions (Seattle, WA), CGK Gallery (Copenhagen), Art on Paper Fair (Armory Week), Projet Pangee (Montreal), Paper Paris (France), Geoffrey Young Gallery (MA) and Design Sublime (Miami, FLA).

Finding the edge can relate to legal services delivery, leftfield team resource management, innovative use of (the right) new technology and also how you relate to the rest of your business units.

Chris Caswell, head of careers and employability at the University of Chichester, offers one leftfield suggestion - attending University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) camp.

Post-Production Coordinator — Leftfield Pictures 2006 Coordinated work flow between loggers, producers, and editors in the field and in the office, and maintained dailies shot during production.