Date:  Wed, 24 Jan 1996 15:33:22 -0500

From:  "Gregory J. Pulliam" <HUMPULLIAM[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MINNA.ACC.IIT.EDU>

Subject: Re: out in left field



The WORST player was always put in right field, not left. Right field is

the position which receives the fewest balls in play, as it is primarily

left-handed batters who hit in that direction, and the ball must also get

past the infield for the right-fielder to have a chance at misplaying the

ball. I know. I spent a lot of time "out in right field." THAT phrase's

meaning is very different for me from "out in left field."

Greg Pulliam

Illinois Institute of Technology