• @aidan
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      -610 months ago

      Why does it matter?

      • @Vegan_Joe
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        810 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.

        • @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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          410 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.

        • @aidan
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          -310 months ago

          Ok, but it was understood what they meant