right field
Noun
Meaning
the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
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Aerial view of Yankee Stadium as it looked from 1928 to 1936, before nighttime baseball The Stadium was the first facility in North America with three tiers, although the triple deck originally extended only to the left and right field corners.
After Bender flied out to right field, Hartsel's double scored Schreckengost all the way from first (helped by an error from Bresnahan), and a single by Lord brought Hartsel home, making it 3–0 in favor of the A's with all three runs unearned.
Anthony Rizzo added eighth-inning insurance for the Cubs when he lined a 2-0 fastball from reliever J.P. Feyereisen 386 feet down the right field line for his first homer.
At one point, he hit 13 straight home runs, many of which landed in the stadium's upper deck and deep into the right field bleachers, spurring the crowd to chant his name.
Both the star and the initials are painted in gold on the front of the pressbox down the right field line accompanied by the name of the person in white.
Although the right field fences were eventually pushed back after the 1974–1975 renovations, they were still relatively close to home plate and retained the "short porch" moniker.