Article: Morgan makes first major league start

Article: Returning Soriano out in left field
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  April 22, 2007 ;     615 words ......switched from center field back to left field, where he played...year I played in left field and I felt very...comfortable playing center field in 12 games I...to leave me in left field or move me back to center field. So it's his...

Article: left field
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      61 words ...left field • n. Baseball the part of the outfield to the left of center field from the perspective of home plate...of the defensive player stationed in left field. ∎  figurative a position...ignorance, error, or confusion. DERIVATIVES: left field·er ...

Article: OUT IN LEFT FIELD GRIFFEY OWNS CENTER, BUHNER RULES RIGHT, BUT THAT OTHER SPOT IS THE M'S BLACK HOLE.(Special Section)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 31, 1997 ;     700+ words ......No. It is Left Field, Seattle Mariners...residence in center field and Jay Buhner...difference. ``Left field is a harder...where in center field you can throw...standpoint, left field lacks the...He was a center field

Article: BICHETTE INTENDS TO LEARN LEFT FIELD - JUST IN CASE.(SPORTS)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  February 17, 1996 ;     511 words ......Intensive work in left field loomed for Dante...Larry Walker to center field, move Ellis Burks...'s comfortable in center field will Bichette say...improve my defense in left field, Bichette said...struggling like I did in left field early in the ...

Article: At home in Sox' outfield Whether he's in left or center field, Rowand will continue to give it his all.(Sports)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  February 26, 2005 ;     528 words ......It could be center field, the position...it could be left field. When Scott...visits with the center-field fence. If he shifts to left field, the wear...Guillen said. In center field, he's always...he goes to left field, it might...

Article: BURNITZ DOESN'T WANT A ROLE THAT'S OUT OF LEFT FIELD.(Sports)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 17, 2004 ;     652 words ......Rockies to play left field. And, he said...given the start in center field in the Rockies...adequate job in center field. . . . But I don't want to play center field. I don't want...I want to play left field. Burnitz realizes if he's not in left ...

Article: Left field tops Cubs' problems // Time for answers, not questions
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 19, 1989 ;     700+ words ......home plate and the mound, angle left at second base and stop in the outfield. You're at the spot. "Left field! Left field! That's all I've heard all winter...if Jerome Walton makes it in center, we can move Mitch Webster over." All but Webster are unproven. Left field ...

Article: Sleeping Easy; Soriano comfortable with challenge of learning how to thrive in center field
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ......offseason, the $136 million center fielder who starts justifying...handles his first year in center field could have a lot to do...a career infielder to left field only last year -- still...wasn't indication enough, a center-field March toward the season...he was ordered to ...

Article: Pirates May Move Giles to Center Field
AP Online;  February 1, 2003 ;     335 words ......Giles, the Pirates' left fielder, said Friday...said. Like I said, center field is my most comfortable position and left field is probably my least...where a huge gap in left-center field gives Giles more ground...is bigger here than center field, Giles ...

Article: Defense out in left field; Naehring's status key to Sox setup.
The Boston Herald;  November 26, 1997 ;     495 words ......the idea of moving Naehring to left field, all three could be back. The composition...begin the season as a platoon in center field, although he did not rule out Michael...said Troy O'Leary will likely play left field, Williams said the Sox may still...

Article: Hall to man center field; Yost's decision not a surprise
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 15, 2007 ;     606 words ......m going to put Billy in center," confirmed Yost, who arrived...we're going to send Billy to center field and probably put Corey Hart...return Geoff Jenkins to left field, his original position before...accommodate Carlos Lee. Yost said left field is shaping up to ...

Article: The spark came out of left field
The Boston Globe;  August 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the loss of his center-field job, and the Yankees...Red Sox to play center field at Yankee Stadium...after he lost the center-field job to Melky Cabrera...Last night it was left field, where he's made...playing a lot more left field. He has DHed 42...I'll ...

Article: Griffey takes position switch to right field in stride His biggest problem with the move from center field seems to be the media's questions about it.
Dayton Daily News;  April 3, 2007 ;     509 words ......Griffey served two singles to left field, walked and scored a run...abuser who lined hard to left field in a pinch- hitting appearance...he's a shadow of his former center-field self and that Ryan Freel...time like it will be in center field," Freel said. "It's ...

Article: MARINERS LOOKING AT CRUZ TO FILL VACUUM IN LEFT FIELD THE NEXT JUNIOR.(Sports)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  December 6, 1996 ;     668 words ......anyone bring stability to left field? Get ready for a coming-o...same kind of security in left field that Ken Griffey Jr. brought to center and Jay Buhner to right...ninth-place hitter and left fielder,'' Piniella said...confident the team's ongoing left field dilemma ...