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A fact from Out of left field appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 May 2012. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the first known use of the phrase out of left field in its idiomatic sense was by the American music industry?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2012/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Out of left field.

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I see "out in left field" meaning "not paying attention" as in a left-fielder who rarely gets balls hit to him. "Out of ..." is entirely different: the bits about something unexpected. Dlindhol (talk) 21:09, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[]

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