Out of the Loop | Out of Left Field

The phrase "way out in left field" originated at West Side Grounds, old home of the Cubs, because of psychiatric hospital just past left field.

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The Cubs, now north-siders through and through, were actually originally from the west side. They played at West Side Grounds (the second of what are formally called West Side Park) until 1915.

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