Fun origin story for the phrase “that came out of left field”

Before relocating to Wrigley Field the Chicago Cubs played on the near west side of the city, on what is now part of the University of Illinois at Chicago campus. The field was adjacent to a psychiatric hospital. Specifically the left field side backed up to the place. On warm days, the patients would occasionally yell stuff out the opened windows during games so the sounds came from left field. And an idiom was born.

Happy birthday Shakespeare (born #OTD in 1564)!

#OTD in 1932. To mark Shakespeare's birthday:

The Royal Shakespeare Company's new theatre opens at Stratford-upon-Avon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Shakespeare_Company

The Folger Shakespeare Library opens in Washington, D.C.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folger_Shakespeare_Library

Shakespeare at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65

#books #literature #theatre

Tennessee, just after he finished cleaning his toe beans, on this #ToeBeanTuesday.

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“Huh?”

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