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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Heyward was reduced to a pinch-hitting role when Mookie Betts moved from shortstop back to right field upon returning from a left-hand fracture on Aug. 12.
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Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
Houston had a runner on third with two outs in the 10th when Jeremy Peña hit a fly ball to right field.
—Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
But Ohtani turned it around in the fifth, crushing a 450-foot home run to right field.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
With a cool wind blowing in from right field at 14 mph, a couple of home runs provided most of the scoring.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2024
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Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
Houston had a runner on third with two outs in the 10th when Jeremy Peña hit a fly ball to right field.
—Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
But Ohtani turned it around in the fifth, crushing a 450-foot home run to right field.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
With a cool wind blowing in from right field at 14 mph, a couple of home runs provided most of the scoring.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Right field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/right%20field. Accessed 25 Sep. 2024.
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