If you say that someone or something has come out of left field or is out in left field, you mean that they are untypical, unusual, or strange in some way. ... He is, like most theorists, out there in left field, ignoring the experimental evidence.

What does the expression in left field mean?

US, informal. : very strange or unusual ideas that are out in left field Her position is way out in left field.

What does left field mean in English?

1 : the position of the player defending left field. 2 : the part of the baseball outfield to the left looking out from the plate. 3a : a state or position far from the mainstream (as of prevailing opinion) they were really out in left field with that idea.