right field

Past first base

Right field is the area of a baseball outfield to the right of center field, as viewed from home plate.

The defensive player stationed there is the right fielder.

Figuratively, out of right field or from left field describes something unexpected or bizarre—though left field carries this sense more commonly.

baseball

fly ball

Batted ball aloft

warning track · throw · assist · catch · pop fly · gap · power hitter · defensive shift · fence · home run

metaphor

obscurity

State of being unknown

oddball · unorthodox · peripheral · outlier · eccentric

Categories
Opposites
baseball field position (horizontal)

right fieldleft field

Outfield position, third-base side

left fielder · third base · center field · center fielder

baseball field depth

right fieldhome plate

Scoring base in baseball

infield · third base · first base · shortstop · second base

idiom: unexpectedness/strangeness

right fieldleft field

Outfield position, third-base side

out of left field · mainstream · expected · conventional · predictable

Family

right, field, fielder, outfield, outfielder, fielders, outfields, right fielder

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G