right field
noun
1
: the part of the baseball outfield to the right looking out from home plate
2
: the position of the player defending right field
right fielder
noun
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The switch-hitter entered in the fifth, lined a single to right field off Cincinnati Reds right-hander Hunter Greene and scored the winning run in the AL’s 5-3 victory, its 10th in the past 11 exhibitions.
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Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2024
Soto will bat third and start in right field after hitting .295 with 23 home runs, 66 RBI, an MLB-best 79 walks and a .984 OPS thus far in his first season with the Yankees.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
Nationals Park hadn’t been so loud since Juan Soto’s liner to right field skipped under the glove of Milwaukee’s Trent Grisham in the 2019 National League wild-card game.
—Scott Allen, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
Keith, however, was ready for it, getting just enough behind his towering fly ball to clear the deep wall in right field.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
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Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2024
Soto will bat third and start in right field after hitting .295 with 23 home runs, 66 RBI, an MLB-best 79 walks and a .984 OPS thus far in his first season with the Yankees.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
Nationals Park hadn’t been so loud since Juan Soto’s liner to right field skipped under the glove of Milwaukee’s Trent Grisham in the 2019 National League wild-card game.
—Scott Allen, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
Keith, however, was ready for it, getting just enough behind his towering fly ball to clear the deep wall in right field.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
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“Right field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/right%20field. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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