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Funkijunki Posted 18 years ago
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left field?right field?

Look what's happened during this subprime meltdown. BHP’s made a bid from Rio, Xstrata's bid for Jubilee, Xstrata's bid for Resource Pacific. The takeovers have just come in out of left field, right field, everywhere for Australian resource stocks.

what does"out of left field,right field"mean?
  

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Hi, Look what's happened during this subprime meltdown. BHP’s made a bid from Rio, Xstrata's bid for Jubilee, Xstrata's bid for Resource Pacific. The takeovers have just come in out of left field, right field , everywhere for Australian resource stocks.

— Clive

  • Hi, Look what's happened during this subprime meltdown.
  • BHP’s made a bid from Rio, Xstrata's bid for Jubilee, Xstrata's bid for Resource Pacific.
  • The takeovers have just come in out of left field, right field , everywhere for Australian resource stocks.
  • what does"out of left field,right field"mean?
  • It seems to mean that the takeovers have come from all directions, from every possible and unexpected place.
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Hi,

Look what's happened during this subprime meltdown. BHP’s made a bid from Rio, Xstrata's bid for Jubilee, Xstrata's bid for Resource Pacific. The takeovers have just come in out of left field, right field, everywhere for Australian resource stocks.

what does"out of left field,right field"mean?
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The expression comes from the sport of baseball.
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The usual expression is "out of left field." I don't know much about baseball, but I believe that most of the outfield action takes place in right field., and I always thought that the expression originated from the idea that it would be unusual for a ball to be thrown "out of left field." However,
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Right-handed hitters tend to hit to left field. Right field sees the least amount of action.
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Whoops. Thank goodness I admitted I didn't know much about the sport Emotion: embarrassed

Well then, perhaps this bizarre U of Illinois
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